COUNTY SHERIFF THIS WEEK IS
RECOMMENDING FELONY CHARGES
AGAINST FIVE MEMBERS OF THE
WISCONSIN ELECTIONS COMMISSION.
LAST WEEK SHERIFF CHRIS
SCHMALING CALLED ON JOSH KAUL TO
INVESTIGATE ELECTION GUIDANCE
THAT ALLOWED NURSING HOME STAFF
TO HELP RESIDENTS VOTE.
KAUL SAID THE SHERIFF IS
ENGAGING IN A DISGRACEFUL PUB DL
PUBLICITY STUNT.
ALSO THIS WEEK, THE ELECTIONS
COMMISSION ADMINISTRATOR
RESPONDED TO REPUBLICAN CALLS
FOR HER RESIGNATION IN THE WAKE
OF THE SHERIFF'S ALLEGATIONS OF
ELECTION FRAUD.
>> IN TERMS OF THE CALLS FOR MY
RESIGNATION, YOU KNOW,
ULTIMATELY I THINK THAT IT'S NOT
PRODUCTIVE.
I THINK IT'S BASELESS.
AND I THINK IT'S JUST PARTISAN
POLITICS.
YOU KNOW, I ALSO THINK THAT IT
MISREPRESENTS MY ROLE AND THE
ROLE OF THE COMMISSION.
I THINK THAT THE CLAIMS ABOUT
THE COMMISSION, I THINK IT
REALLY HIGHLIGHTS A LACK OF
UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW SPECIAL
VOTING DEPUTIES WORK IN NORMAL
CIRCUMSTANCES, YET ALONE HOW
THAT PROCESS WORKS DURING A
PANDEMIC.
I THINK IT OVERLOOKS THE FACT
THAT SPECIAL VOTING DEPUTIES
WERE NOT BEING ALLOWED INTO
FACILITIES LAST YEAR.
THEY WERE NOT BEING ALLOWED INTO
FACILITIES AS RECENTLY AS THIS
SPRING.
AND I ALSO THINK IT OVERLOOKS
THE FACT THAT ONLY A COURT CAN
DECIDE THAT SOMEBODY IS
INCOMPETENT TO VOTE.
I MEAN, THE COMMISSION CANNOT
FORCE FACILITIES, PRIVATE
FACILITIES, TO ALLOW SPECIAL
VOTING DEPUTIES OR ANYONE INTO A
PRIVATE CARE FACILITY.
THE COMMISSION'S DECISION
ALLOWED VOTERS IN THOSE CARE
FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE.
IF WE ALL THINK BACK TO THE
APRIL ELECTION, THE PANDEMIC
STARTED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN
ACTIVE ELECTION.
THE ELECTION HAD ALREADY
STARTED.
BALLOTS HAD ALREADY GONE OUT.
IF CLERKS HAD CONTINUED TO TRY
TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR VISITS TO
FACILITIES THAT THEY KNEW WERE
NOT GOING TO ALLOW THEM IN, WHAT
THAT WOULD HAVE MEANT IS THOSE
VOTERS IN THOSE CARE FACILITIES
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO