GOP lawmakers demand Elections Commission appoint new administrator after DOJ filing contends commissioners have option to do so

GOP legislative leaders are demanding the Wisconsin Elections Commission appoint a new administrator after a filing from the agency's DOJ attorneys contradicted statements from Dem commissioners that they had no power to do so.
Republicans have asked a Dane County judge to rule the commission had a duty to appoint a new commissioner after Meagan Wolfe's four-year term ended in July.
On Monday, the...

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