U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald
Press Release

Statement: County Clerks’ Clear Violation of the Law

 

By - Mar 27th, 2020 10:28 am

[Madison, WI]  Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) released the following statement after the Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell and Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson sent out incorrect legal advice to voters.

“It’s no surprise the liberal clerks in Dane and Milwaukee counties are encouraging people to vote illegally by not providing proper identification. Democrats continue to look for ways to circumvent the Photo ID law. They’re threatening the integrity of elections and needlessly exposing voters to disenfranchisement. It is completely inappropriate for them to use a pandemic to advance their far-left agenda. At a time when our state should be coming together, it’s sad that liberal clerks see it as an opportunity for political gain.”

Read a key memo on the clerks’ actions from the non-partisan Legislative Reference Bureau here, which states:

“Civil and criminal penalties apply both to voters and election officials who violate Wisconsin’s election and voting laws. The current public health emergency does not permit clerks to misapply Wisconsin’s elections laws.”

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.

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Comments

  1. mkwagner says:

    What are farce!!!!! There is NO credible evidence that the photo-id laws have in anyway increased the integrity of our elections. What they have done is to disenfranchise groups (not individuals) who Vos and Fitzgerald prefer to be voiceless. They have tried every trick in the book to keep communities of color, students, the elderly, the disabled and the poor from voting because Vos and Fitzgerald believe they tend vote more Democratic. In Germany in the 1930s, those who were kept from voting were the elderly, the disabled and the Jews. Again, these two expose their fascist intent.

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