Far-left Democrat Governor Tony (Veto) Evers doesn’t support election integrity in Wisconsin, so we must await (and work towards) the election of a Republican governor to sign the legislature’s multiple election integrity bills into law that have been passed by Assembly and Senate Republicans in multiple sessions.
In the meantime, here is a solution to implement at the local level.
Washington County just recently passed an election integrity package. Let this be a clarion call to all county boards in Wisconsin to follow suit. This should serve as an example for what local county boards all over the state of Wisconsin must do.
Marathon County Clerk Kim Trueblood is already working to help facilitate the implementation of these initiatives here.
Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann joined me on the Meg Ellefson Show to discuss their actions at the county board level. He praised the County Board’s approval of an Election Integrity resolution to be implemented ahead of the November 2024 General Election.
County Executive Schoemann said, “I commend County Clerk Ashley Reichert for bringing these bold and innovative initiatives forward and thank the County Board for unanimously supporting this Election Integrity package. Residents of Washington County expect elections to be run fairly and these initiatives address concerns that have emerged in recent elections. Our goal is to bolster public confidence in the process. I’m proud that we are the first county to fund additional election integrity measures for November’s crucial election. I look forward to local municipalities cooperating to effectuate these initiatives and encourage other counties to follow suit.”
County Clerk Ashley Reichert said, “these measures can significantly reinforce the electoral process’s integrity and assist in enhancing public confidence in our democratic system.” She outlined the elections initiatives to provide $150,000 in county funding to local municipalities, noting that compensating the municipalities at 150% of actual costs will offset funds needed for additional poll workers, election inspectors, and additional hours for the clerks:
• Provide enhanced in-person absentee hours on a voluntary basis, that will allow our communities to provide extended voting hours currently only available to larger cities.
• Election audits on the night of the election (voluntary municipal participation).
• County-wide election audit.
• Discontinue Central Count through buying back machines previously bought by some municipalities and return to the standard precinct-based process, upon municipal approval. This will allow for the count of absentee ballots at polling locations rather than transfer to another location.
• Replace cloth voting machine cases with hard cases to better protect the expensive equipment.
As these elected citizen servants are demonstrating, we do have the most control at the local level.
Contact your county board supervisor to encourage an election integrity package be passed in your county!
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