INTERVIEW WITH TOMMY THOMPSON BY
VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT PBS
WISCONSIN DOT-ORG/NEWS.
TURNING TO ELECTIONS, THE JOB
SECURITY OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF
THE WISCONSIN ELECTIONS
COMMISSION IS UNCERTAIN AS
OFFICIALS DELIBERATE THE FINE
PRINT OF HER APPOINTMENT.
MEAGAN WOLFE'S FOUR-YEAR TENURE
HAS WEATHERED THE CHAOS OF
HOLDING ELECTIONS AMIDST A
PANDEMIC AND NUMEROUS COURT
CASES ALLEGING VOTER FRAUD IN
THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
BUT IS NOW IN THE CROSSHAIRS FOR
SENATE REPUBLICANS WHO TYPICALLY
APPROVE NOMINEES FOR THE JOB.
THE WISCONSIN ELECTIONS
COMMISSION VOTED ON WOLFE'S
REAPPOINTMENT.
THE COMMISSION'S THREE
REPUBLICANS VOTED IN FAVOR BUT
THE THREE DEMOCRATS ABSTAINED
SAYING WOLFE DOESN'T NEED TO BE
REAPPOINTED; SHE SHOULD MAINTAIN
HER CURRENT ROLE UNTIL THERE IS
A VACANCY.
>> THANK YOU TO THE
COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR KIND
WORDS AND THEIR UNANIMOUS
SUPPORT FOR ME JOB PERFORMANCE
TODAY.
I WAS SO IMPRESSED BY THE
COMMISSIONERS' INTEGRITY AND
WILLING TO STAND UP FOR THE
TRUTH ABOUT ELECTIONS, TO SET
THE RECORD STRAIGHT ABOUT THE
OUR PROCESS AND HOW THE
COMMISSION WORKS AND HOW THE
COMMISSION'S DECISIONS, WHICH I
DON'T HAVE A VOTE ON, HOW
THEY'RE MADE, DELIBERATED AS
PART OF A PUBLIC MEETING.
>> I THINK THE STATUTORY LAW
REGARDING THE WEC IS CRYSTAL
CLEAR, AS CLEAR AS IT CAN BE.
I'M A BATTERED VETERAN OF I
DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COURT CASES
BEING APPOINTED IN 2016.
IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO SUE US,
THEY'RE GOING TO SUE US AND
WE'LL SEE HOW THAT SHAKES OUT,
BUT I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR
INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW.
>> I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT NOW
WE ARE LEAVING THE JOB OF THE
ADMINISTRATOR IN THE HANDS OF A
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE OR COURT OF
THE APPEALS IN THE SUPREME COURT
AND HER POSITION COULD BE IN
JEOPARDY ON A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOOD
FOR THE STAFF, I DON'T THINK