Madison, Wis. – The candidate backed by Republicans in Wisconsin Look closely The State Supreme Court career has resurfaced the concerns discredited by vote fraud due to late votes in Milwaukee only two weeks before April 1 election.
Brad Schimel, a former Republican Attorney General, spoke of the possibility of “ticket bags” and fraud in Milwaukee during an interview on Tuesday on the conservative radio. Schimel faces Democratic support Susan Crawford in the elections of April 1 with the majority control of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin at stake.
Schimel, in An interview In Wisn-Am, he said that his followers need to “get our votes, do this too big to appear so that we do not have to worry that at 11:30 in Milwaukee, they will find bags of ballots that they forgot to put on the machines.”
Schimel said that happened in 2018 and November “when (candidate for the United States Senate) Eric Hovde was ahead All night, and suddenly, Milwaukee County changed that. ”
Republicans and Democrats, together with state electoral leaders and Milwaukee, warned in the period prior to November elections that the absent Milwaukee tickets would be informed late and cause a large influx of democratic votes. Milwaukee is the most populous city in the state and is very democratic.
The report of these ballots in the absence balanced the presidential elections of 2020 to Democrat Joe Biden, feeding without foundation Conspiracy theories that the elections had been stolen from President Donald Trump.
The tickets in the absence of Milwaukee are counted in a central location and they are informed everything at the same time, often long after midnight on election day. Election officials for years have made it clear that these ballots are informed later than usual due to the large number to have and because state law does not allow them to be processed until surveys are opened.
In 2018, the report of more than 47,000 ballots in absence after midnight put Democrat Tony Evers ahead of then Gov. Scott Walker. Evers won and Walker criticized late reports, saying he insect it.
And in November, Hovde said he was “shocked” by the report of more than 108,000 votes in Milwaukee early in the morning after the elections in his defeat against Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin.
Schimel said in the radio interview that he didn’t know what happened.
“I don’t know if there was fraud there,” Schimel said. “There is no way that I know that. All I know is this: we have to reject our votes. That is the best isolation we have against any potential fraud, is to bring our people to the surveys.”
When asked about his concerns during an appearance later on Tuesday at Milwaukee Rotary Club, Schimel said he mentioned fraud because voters often ask him how to guarantee the integrity of the elections.
“I tell people, following the rules,” Schimel said. “And then I say: ‘Here is the best way to make sure your vote is not stolen: go to use it.’ That is the answer.”
However, despite his concerns, Schimel said: “I will always accept the results of the elections.”
Crawford spokesman Derrick Honeyman said Schimel was “venturing into conspiracy theories to please his ally, Elon Musk, and a judge and candidate for the superior court of the State are reckless.”
The groups financed by multimillionaire Musk have contributed more than $ 11 million to help Schimel’s campaign. Crawford is backed by Several billionaire The Democrats, including the Philanthropist George Soros and the governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker.
The election occurs when the court faces cases in abortion, Public Sector Unionsvoting rules and Congress District Limits. WHO controls the court could also take into account how it could govern on any future voting challenge in the perennial presidential battlefield, increasing bets for national Republicans and Democrats.
