{"id":12019,"date":"2024-08-09T05:03:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T05:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=12019"},"modified":"2024-08-09T05:56:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T05:56:03","slug":"fake-military-voters-remain-on-wisconsin-voters-rolls-according-to-state-representative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=12019","title":{"rendered":"Fake Military Voters Remain on Wisconsin Voters Rolls, According to State Representative"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/fake-military-voters-remain-on-wisconsin-voters-rolls-according-to-brandtjen\/tcsquare\/2024\/08\/09\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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by Benjamin Yount<\/h5>\n

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The Wisconsin state representative who got three fake military ballots in the mail two years ago is now getting mail for at least one of those same fake people.<\/p>\n

Rep. Janel Brandtjen, R-Menomonee Falls, on Tuesday said she recently got a letter for Holly Adams.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019Holly Adams is one of several fictitious military names the Milwaukee deputy clerk created to send legitimate ballots to my home. To clarify, a Milwaukee clerk used fake identities to send authentic ballots to my address. Eighteen months after discovering this, I am still receiving mail for the fictitious \u2018Holly Adams,\u2019\u201d Brandtjen said.<\/p>\n

Brandtjen (pictured above) made headlines in October of 2022<\/a> when she turned three fake military ballots over to investigators. It turned out, a former deputy clerk in Milwaukee\u2019s election office sent them to her house by registering fake voters.<\/p>\n

The clerk said she sent the ballots to expose a loophole in Wisconsin\u2019s MyVote system.<\/p>\n

Brandtjen said she continues to get mail for one of those fake voters shows MyVote continues to have problems.<\/p>\n

\u201cInitially, I thought it was a sick joke, but with the help of individuals who purchased the voter list, I was shocked to learn that \u2018Holly Adams\u2019 is voter ID# 701923079. \u2018Holly Brandtjen\u2019 is also voter ID# 701923081, and \u2018Holly Jones\u2019 is voter ID # 701923080. All these fabricated names are listed in the WisVote system, though inactive and without voting history, but they are being sold to the public on the voter list,\u201d Brandtjen added. \u201cWhat does this say about the security of our elections? The Wisconsin Elections Commission and the three municipal clerks failed to remove these fake military identities even after the Milwaukee Deputy Clerk, Kim Zapata, was found guilty of election fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zapata received probation<\/a> for her conviction.<\/p>\n

Once on Wisconsin\u2019s voter list, no one ever comes off. They are either active or inactive, and Brandtjen said all three fake military voters are inactive.<\/p>\n

Still, she said they are on the list, and people can buy that list to target them as voters. Even though they never existed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe presence of these illegitimate military voters in the WisVote system highlights a blatant disregard for maintaining an accurate voter registry. Even though they are inactive and have no voting history, the system can be updated daily. There is no plausible reason for these names to remain on the inactive list after being implicated in election fraud,\u201d Brandtjen added. \u201cThis negligence fosters distrust in the system, and unfortunately, no one will be held accountable for this incompetence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Yount is a contributor to The Center Square<\/a>.
\nPhoto \u201cJanel Brandtjen\u201d by Representative Janel Brandtjen<\/a>. Background Photo \u201cMilwaukee County Clerk Office\u201d by Office of the Milwaukee County Clerk<\/a>.
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