GOP Lawmakers Order Audit of State’s Election System
Republicans say they are responding to constituent concerns regarding the 2020 election.
Wisconsin State Capitol. Photo by Dave Reid.
Republican state lawmakers have ordered an audit of the way elections are administered in Wisconsin, a move Democrats warn could feed conspiracy theories and cast doubt on future elections.
GOP lawmakers who run the Legislature’s audit committee voted to conduct the review Thursday. Wisconsin’s nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau will conduct the study.
Republicans who ordered the audit said they were responding to a deluge of contacts from constituents, who had questions about how the 2020 election was conducted.
“I know that this audit will help people understand our elections better and hopefully put to rest concerns,” said Sen. Robert Cowles, R-Green Bay, the committee’s co-chair.
Democrats said they had faith that the Legislative Audit Bureau would conduct a thorough audit, but they worried about the timing.
“And I fear that this will lead to more doubts about future elections,” said Sen. Melissa Agard, D-Madison.
President Joe Biden won Wisconsin by 20,682 votes following a recount in Dane and Milwaukee counties. The recount resulted in few changes to the results reported on election night.
Former President Donald Trump and Republican allies filed several lawsuits in an effort to overturn Wisconsin’s results. In each case, the courts rejected them.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission conducted a partial audit of its voting machines after the election. That audit uncovered no problems.
During a GOP-led hearing on the election last year, Republican Elections Commissioner Dean Knudson testified that there was no evidence in the election of “ballot dumps” and no fraud related to Dominion voting machines.
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Republican Lawmakers Order Audit Of Wisconsin’s Election System was originally published by Wisconsin Public Radio.
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It’s just a way for Republicans to find ways to disenfranchise more voters to continue their tyranny of the state.
The Republican attacks on our election system are endless and well financed.
I’m happy to see that it is the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau that is conducting the review.