WEC attorney: ‘unreasonable and absurd’ that agency can’t order Madison to fix absentee ballot issues

It is “unreasonable and absurd” for the Madison attorney to suggest the Elections Commission lacks the power to direct the city clerk to take specific actions after unlawfully failing to count 193 absentee ballots last fall, a commission lawyer argues.
Mike Haas, who’s also been serving as Madison’s clerk, last week urged the commission to dial back a series of proposed recommendations it will con...

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