Madison, Wis. – A discussion of the Wisconsin Elections Commission about Ballots not overwhelmed in Madison He became a shouting party on Thursday, with the Democratic president threatening to take out a Republican commissioner outside the meeting.
The commission is investigating the former secretary of the city of Madison, Maribeth Witzel-Behl, after it did not have 200 tickets in the absence in the November elections and did not tell the commission about supervision until after the results of the elections were certified. Witzel-Behl He resigned this week.
The president of the commission, Ann Jacobs, said in a meeting on Thursday that she and Commissioner Don Millis had deposed Witzel-Behl as well as other city workers and planned to continue questioning additional workers.
Republican commissioner Bob Spindell said he was fine with Madison’s investigation, but the commission should pay more attention to what they were even more serious problems with the electoral administration in Milwaukee.
While trying to detail his concerns, Jacobs began shouting that how the elections are executed in Milwaukee was not on the agenda. She ordered her to stop talking or would throw it away.
“I’m not going to let you continue, Bob,” he said, hitting his finger. “I’m going to talk about you until you stop. You must stop. You are out of service and I will expel you from this meeting if disobedres again.”
“Are you going to expel me from the meeting? Are you going to try to smoke me?” Spindell replied.
“Do you understand the words I am saying?” Jacobs said.
“What are you saying?” Spindell said.
“They are simple. You are out of service. The city of Milwaukee is not on this agenda. You can’t kidnap the agenda,” Jacobs said.
They continued screaming on each other until Spindell gave up. “I said what I needed to say. Thank you,” he said. Jacobs finally allowed Spindell to remain at the meeting.
The commission is divided evenly with three Republican commissioners and three Democrats. Spindell was one of the 10 Republicans signed certified in 2020 falsely affirming that Donald Trump had won Wisconsin. Democrat Joe Biden won the state that year.
He and Jacobs have disagreed for years, with Spindell often presenting complaints and making movements that Jacobs rules out out of service. Like Thursday’s exchange, their interactions have often been marked by Jacobs demanding that you stop talking.
The Commission He opened an investigation into Witzel-Behl in early January After learning that he had not counted 193 tickets in the absence and did not inform the commission until December 18, more than two weeks after the results of the elections were certified.
The unfasted tickets did not affect the result of any career, but the commissioners seemed surprised by the supervision. Four Madison voters whose tickets were not overwhelmed Archive claims For $ 175,000 each of the city and Dane County, the first step towards a demand. It was another mistake for Witzel-Behl after he announced in September that his office erroneously sent 2,000 duplicate tickets in absence.
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway suspended Witzel-Behl in March and launched an internal investigation. Witzel-Behl resigned on Monday. The city has not yet released the findings of its internal probe.
It was not clear to what Spindell referred to Milwaukee’s voting problems since Jacobs drowned him. But he could be heard referring to a report on how some voting centers in Milwaukee were left without ballots due to a greater participation of the anticipated state in the State’s highly disputed Election of the Supreme Court.
