This post originally appeared at https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/bob-spindell/

“I can not think of anything less American…this is something that goes along the lines of third world countries” – Republican Wisconsin Election Commissioner Robert Spindell, after the commission voted 5-1 to pass a new emergency rule on ballot access procedures

A Republican appointee to the Wisconsin Election Commission, Don Millis, made the shocking concession at Thursday night’s meeting that he believes it will take four votes for a candidate to make the Wisconsin ballot in the event of a challenge.

The commission is deadlocked with three Democratic appointees (including two major Joe Biden donors) and three Republican appointees (including one appointed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.) That means if Millis is right, the three partisan Democrats on WEC could prevent a candidate like Trump from making the ballot.

Millis, an appointee of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, then joined the three Democrats and another Republican member, Marge Bostelman, in a 5-1 vote to create an emergency rule to establish procedures for ballot access challenges, including of presidential candidates.

The lone Republican no vote, Bob Spindell, said the rule could prevent a candidate like former President Donald Trump from being put on the Wisconsin ballot on the basis of moral questions. It would also apply to local and state candidates, he said.

Millis’s comments came after one of those Biden donors, Milwaukee trial attorney Mark Thomsen stated during the meeting “We’re going have a discussion on the Commission on the 14^th Amendment.” The WEC meeting occurred as a national debate escalates over attempts to keep Trump off the ballot using that Amendment, a Confederate-era provision barring people who engage in “insurrection” or “rebellion” from holding federal office.