MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — At the Capitol, the status of Wisconsin’s chief elections officer remains in doubt.
A public hearing on Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe opened with Beloit Democrat Mark Spreitzer arguing there was no nomination for the Senate committee to vote on.
“This committee cannot take up a nomination that has not been made, and so I make a point of order that this nomination is not properly before us,” said Spreitzer.
Committee chair, Germantown Republican Dan Knodl, rejected the opinion by attorneys for the legislature
“And they’re just that, they are opinions. This is not a court of law, here it is a public hearing,” said Knodl.
But former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, whose investigation failed to uncover malfeasance in the 2020 election, was critical.
“The record speaks for itself, and nothing speaks as highly as the fact that she didn’t come here today to tell you about all the good work she’s been doing,” said Gableman.
After hours of comments in support and opposition to Wolfe’s continued tenure at WEC, Knodl said he hasn’t decided to hold a vote, which would likely push the matter into the courts.