{"id":5017,"date":"2023-08-17T14:52:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T14:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5017"},"modified":"2023-08-17T15:06:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T15:06:36","slug":"wisconsin-elections-chief-mum-on-requested-senate-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5017","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Elections Chief Mum on Requested Senate Testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Meagan<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen if Wisconsin\u2019s elections administrator will appear before a Senate hearing that could decide whether she keeps her job.<\/p>\n

The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Wednesday declined to vote on whether Administrator Meagan Wolfe should testify before the Senate Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no interest in babysitting who she contacts or who she speaks with, including the legislature or the governor,\u201d Commissioner Ann Jacobs said. \u201cI don\u2019t think we have that authority.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wolfe said she asked commissioners for advice on how to approach the senate hearing because she wants to make sure she \u201cis not operating contrary to what the commission wants.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I am being put in an absolutely impossible, untenable spot either way,\u201d Wolf said. \u201cThere\u2019s an opinion that the legislature holds, there\u2019s an opinion that some of the commissioners hold, and then there\u2019s another opinion that the other half of the commission holds. So, I don\u2019t know that there\u2019s a great answer here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Senate is reportedly looking to speak to Wolfe ahead of what could be a vote to reject her appointment as Elections Commission administrator.<\/p>\n

A number of Republicans, and at least one Democratic senator, want Wolfe replaced because of how she handled the 2020 election. Elections commissioners, however, are deadlocked on officially nominating Wolfe<\/a> for a second term.<\/p>\n

Democratic commissioners are relying on a 2022 Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that allows people to continue to serve on boards or commissions in Wisconsin until a replacement is confirmed by the State Senate.<\/p>\n

If Wolfe is not officially nominated, the Senate cannot vote on her nomination, and she cannot be voted out.<\/p>\n

\u201cMegan is our administrator, she remains our administrator, and she will remain our administrator unless or until this body removes her, she departs the position or, heaven forbid, she passes away,\u201d Jacobs said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Elections Commission Chair Don Mills said he received a call Tuesday that the Senate elections commission plans to call Wolfe to testify. That committee hearing, however, has not yet been scheduled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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