In 2020 The Wisconsin Elections Commission showed leadership and ensured the election was fair and free, safe, and accessible.
The Racine District Attorney’s decision not to charge Wisconsin’s bi-partisan Election Commissioners with any crime was the right decision on the merits.
Despite her decision, the DA’s implication that wrongdoing occurred is clearly wrong in fact and in law.
The commissioners acted within their authority to protect the freedom to vote for tens of thousands of elderly and vulnerable voters.
They provided safe and secure solution for nursing home voters, ensuring our most vulnerable populations were able to safely vote.
During the 2020 pandemic, WEC commissioners were faced with the impossible choice of either endangering the lives of our most vulnerable residents by sending people to nursing homes when they were not allowed in, or making it impossible for our elderly voters to vote. They acted to protect the freedom of these citizens to vote and keep them safe.
Publicly and falsely accusing public servants of crimes they did not commit is a dangerous attack on our democracy.
These shameful and unfounded attacks undermine the bedrock of our institutions, and must cease.
Craig Mastantuono Matthew W. O’Neill
Mastantuono & Coffee SC Fox, O’Neill, and Shannon, SC