MADISON, WI (WTAQ) — The Republican-Controlled Wisconsin Assembly is going to look into the handling of the 2020 election in the state.
The move is spurred on in part by controversy surrounding the election in Green Bay, where there has been controversy around the influence of an outside group in the city’s election management.
MacIver Institute President Brett Healy spoke on WTAQ’s ‘The Morning News with Matt and Earl’.
“There is a request that there be an audit of all local election officials,” Healy said. “And whether or not they conducted the election by the letter of the law.”
The investigation isn’t all. A number of election reform bills are being advanced as well targeting a slew of issues Republicans have raised concerns over. The bills target events like Madison’s controversial Democracy in the Park voting event, early absentee voting, and clarifying that local election officials cannot “cure” or correct ballots with missing information.
“I do think it was a clear signal from Republicans to their constituents that we are not going to let this go,” said Healy. “We’re not going to forget about this.”
All of the bills would likely be vetoed by Democratic Governor Tony Evers.
