>> EVERYTHING THESE DAYS IS
POLITICIZED, BUT NOTHING MORE
THAN THE 2020 ELECTION.
AUDITS, INVESTIGATIONS,
SUBPOENAS AND COURT CASES.
AND THAT'S JUST IN WISCONSIN.
WITH THE NUMBER OF HEADLINES
THAT COME OUT DAILY, IT CAN BE
DIFFICULT TO KEEP UP.
MARISA WOJCIK TAKES US THROUGH
IT.
>> OF THE MYRIAD
ELECTION-RELATED NEWS, HERE ARE
SOME UPDATES ON SOME OF THE MAIN
AREAS: WHEN IT COMES TO
ELECTION GRANT FUNDING,
WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS THIS WEEK
MOVED FORWARD WITH A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BAN
GRANT FUNDING THAT WOULD HELP
MUNICIPALITIES TO RUN ELECTIONS.
THIS IS AFTER THE STATE'S FIVE
LARGEST AND DEMOCRATIC CITIES
RECEIVED MILLIONS MORE FROM A
PRIVATE DONATION THAN THE
SMALLER MUNICIPALITIES DID TO
HELP ADMINISTER THE 2020
ELECTION IN THE MIDST OF A
PANDEMIC.
IN THE WAY OF FALSE ELECTORS,
THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
INVESTIGATING THE
JANUARY 6 ATTACK ON THE U.S.
CAPIOL HAS SUBPOENAED TWO
WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS FOR THEIR,
QUOTE, ROLE AND PARTICIPATION IN
THE PURPORTED SLATE OF ELECTORS
CASTING VOTES FOR DONALD TRUMP.
ANDREW HITT, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF WISCONSIN,
AND KELLY RUH, CHAIRWOMAN OF THE
STATE'S EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT GOP, WERE PART OF THE
10 REPUBLICAN ELECTORS WHO DREW
UP FALSE PAPERWORK, CASTING THE
STATE'S ELECTORAL BALLOTS FOR
TRUMP.
IN A STATEMENT, HITT SAID HE
WOULD VOLUNTARILY COMPLY WITH
THIS COMMITTEE.
ON THE ISSUE OF DROPBOXES, AFTER
A TIE VOTE, THE WISCONSIN
ELECTIONS COMMISSION HAS LEFT IN
PLACE GUIDANCE OVER ABSENTEE
BALLOT DROPBOXES.
HOWEVER, THE STATE SUPREME COURT
WILL CONSIDER WHETHER DROPBOXES
ARE LEGAL, BUT NOT UNTIL AFTER
THE FEBRUARY 15TH ELECTION.
THE HIGH COURT HAD WEIGHED INTO
THE MATTER AFTER A WAUKESHA
COUNTY JUDGE BARRED THE USE OF
DROPBOXES, AND THEN AN APPEALS
COURT SUSPENDED THAT WAUKESHA
ORDER.
WHAT WITH THE YO UP COMING ELECN
FOR MILWAUKEE MAYOR AND OTHER
OFFICES ACROSS THE STATE.
AS FOR MISSING ABSENTEE BALLOT
INFORMATION, ANOTHER PRODUCT OF
THE MASSIVE INCREASE IN ABSENTEE
BALLOT USE IN THE 2020 ELECTION
LED TO PEOPLE INCORRECTLY
FILLING OUT PERSONAL INFORMATION
ON THE BALLO BALLOT'S ENVELOPE,
TYPICALLY MISSING A PORTION OF
THAT PERSON'S ADDRESS LEADING
CLERKS TO FILL SOME OF IT IN
USING REGISTRATION INFORMATION
OR GOOGLE MAPS TO FIND A MISSING
ZIP CODE.
ON MONDAY THE COMMISSION VOTED
4-2 TO KEEP THIS PRACTICE IN
PLACE.
AS FOR THE SPECIAL COUNCIL'S
ELECTION INVESTIGATION, FORMER
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE MICHAEL
GABLEMAN CONTINUES TO BE
SCRUTINIZED FOR HIS
INVESTIGATION INTO THE 2020
ELECTION.
THE REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLY SPEAKER
AUTHORIZED THE PROBE AT TAXPAYER
EXPENSE.
GABLEMAN'S ONSLAUGHT OF
SUBPOENAS INCLUDES THE MAYORS OF
WISCONSIN'S FIVE LARGEST CITIES,
TWO COMPANIES THAT MANUFACTURE
BALLOT-COUNTING MACHINES,
WISCONSIN ELECTION COMMISSION
ADMINISTRATOR MEAGAN WOLFE,
IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY GROUP VOCES
DE LA FRONTERA, GOVERNOR TONY
EVERS' ADMINISTRATION, AND A
NUMBER OF OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS.
STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH KAUL
FILED SUIT, SAYING GABLEMAN IS
EXCEEDING HIS AUTHORITY BY
DEMANDING PRIVATE DEPOSITIONS
FOR HIS OVERLY BROAD DO DOCUMENT
DEMANDS.
AND FINALLY, IN RESPONSE TO
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
LEGISLATIVE AUDIT BUREAU THAT
ANOTHER OF ISSUES NEED
ADDRESSING TO SHORE UP WISCONSIN
ELECTION LAWS, STATE SENATOR
KATHY BERNIER HAS INTRODUCED
LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS SOME
ITEMS, SUCH AS SPECIAL VOTING
DEPUTIES, AND INDEFINITELY
CONFINED VOTERS.
>> IN A RELATED MATTER, THE
WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT TODAY
RULED IT WILL NOT TAKE UP A
LAWSUIT FROM REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR REBECCA
KLEEFISCH.
JUSTICE BRIAN HAGEDORN JOINED
THE THREE LIBERAL JUSTICES IN
THE DECISION.
AS WE'VE REPORTED, A SEPARATE
CASE ON BALLOT DROPBOXES IS