{"id":4106,"date":"2023-07-07T05:04:39","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T05:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4106"},"modified":"2023-07-07T05:58:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T05:58:53","slug":"wisconsin-elections-commissioner-ann-jacobs-defends-strategy-in-wolfe-senate-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4106","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Elections Commissioner Ann Jacobs Defends Strategy in Wolfe\/Senate Split"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/wisconsin-elections-commissioner-ann-jacobs-defends-strategy-in-wolfe-senate-split\/tcsquare\/2023\/07\/07\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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by Benjamin Yount<\/h5>\n

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One of the Democratic members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission is calling a possible Senate vote on the state\u2019s election administrator a \u201csideshow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Commissioner Ann Jacobs was on UPFRONT over the weekend, where she said there\u2019s no reason for the Senate to vote on Meagan Wolfe\u2019s job with the Commission.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe statutes that govern appointment of an administrator in the Wisconsin Elections Commission are very clear, and they begin with the clause \u2018If a vacancy occurs.\u2019 Quite simply, under the law itself, a vacancy hasn\u2019t occurred. And that\u2019s not just something that\u2019s a political view, it\u2019s a statement of the law,\u201d Jacobs (pictured above, left) explained. \u201cWhat I think is next is the Commission is going to continue to do its work, and Administrator [Meagan] Wolfe is going to continue in her role. And we\u2019re going to watch this interesting sideshow continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

A number of Republicans and at least one Democrat in the Wisconsin Senate want to remove Wolfe (pictured above, right) as elections boss because of how she handled the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said last week that \u2013 because Republican members of Elections Commission voted 3-0 and the commissions three Democrats all abstained\u00a0\u2013 there is a two-thirds vote to send her nomination for a second term to the Senate for confirmation.<\/p>\n

Both LeMahieu and Jacobs are interpreting a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision from last year dealing with a vacancy on the state\u2019s Department of Natural Resources Board differently.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision which governed the holdover of DNR member Frederick Prehn [makes it] very clear that the Commission doesn\u2019t have the authority to nominate anyone unless they remove the existing administrator. There weren\u2019t the votes to do that, certainly the three republicans who voted to approve her make that clear. So the commission couldn\u2019t act, and abstention was the right move to reinforce that fact,\u201d Jacobs added.<\/p>\n

Jacobs said \u201call votes are strategies,\u201d and defended this one from Commission Democrats.<\/p>\n

When pressed on how the legal maneuvering may impact the 2024 Election, Jacobs said keeping Wolfe as elections administrator would be the best way to ensure a smoother election this time around.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the challenges with election law here in Wisconsin is the conspiracy theories that have swirled around every aspect of our elections. But you have to keep your eye on the prize, and what we need to do is have a well-run, accurate election in 2024 the way we did in 2020. The way to do that is to maintain the strong leadership Meagan Wolfe has had. It\u2019s not to bring in some novice or random person off the street to run the elections commission,\u201d Jacobs added.<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Yount is a contributor to The Center Square.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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