MADISON, WI – A new report from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel established that, in addition to defrauding taxpayers in both Wisconsin and Georgia, perennial Republican candidate Michele Magadance Skinner established residency and voted in the 2021 runoff election in Georgia. Registering to vote in Georgia on November 18th, 2020, just 15 days after voting in the Wisconsin general election. 

SSDC Communications Director Will Karcz on Magadance Skinner’s blatant disregard for the law, and the actions being taken to hold her accountable: 

“We have filed complaints and subsequent lawsuits with both the Wisconsin Department of Revenue and the Elections Commission to hold Michele Magadance Skinner responsible for her blatant disregard for both the law and the public trust of Wisconsin voters – for both stealing tens of thousands of dollars from residents in Wisconsin and Georgia and treating voting like an all-you-can-eat buffet, voting in whichever state and election she feels like, Michele Magadance Skinner has completely disqualified herself from holding or seeking elected office in Wisconsin. No one is above the law, and residents of the 31st Senate district deserve more than the disgrace Magadance Skinner would bring to office.”

Read More on Michele Magadance Skinner’s tax fraud and voting as a Georgia resident: 

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin Senate candidate faces scrutiny for voting in 2 states

  • “More questions have emerged about state Senate candidate Michele Magadance Skinner’s residency status as online voting records show she has voted in both Wisconsin and Georgia in recent years.”
  • “The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel previously reported that Skinner claimed primary residence in both Wisconsin and Georgia in 2025.” 
  • “Online voting records show that Skinner voted absentee in Wisconsin in the Nov. 3, 2020, general election. Then, just 15 days later, she registered to vote in Georgia using the address of her family’s four bedroom lake house in the town of Dawsonville.” 
  • “Records show Skinner voted on Jan. 5, 2021, in Georgia’s high-stakes federal runoff election. That month, Sen. Raphael Warnock and Sen. Jon Ossoff, both Democrats, won Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff elections, giving Democrats control of the U.S. Senate.” 
  • “In order to register to vote in Georgia, a person needs to be a U.S. citizen, a legal resident of the county, not be serving a sentence for a felony conviction involving moral turpitude, and not have been found mentally incompetent by a judge.” 
  • “Under state law, a person can no longer vote in Wisconsin once they permanently move to another state or vote there. At that point, one can vote in Wisconsin again only by re-establishing residency, which requires living at a Wisconsin address for at least 28 consecutive days before an election.”
  • “’Michele Magadance Skinner has disqualified herself from holding elected office in Wisconsin,’ said Will Karcz, a spokesman for the State Senate Democratic Committee. ‘MAGA Republicans in Wisconsin would be foaming at the mouth if this had been a Democrat but are stunningly silent when it’s one of their own.’” 
  • “Andrew Whitley, executive director for the State Senate Democratic Committee, filed complaints against Skinner on Aug. 12 with both the Wisconsin Elections Commission and the state Department of Revenue, raising questions about her residency, tax credits and voting history in Wisconsin and Georgia.”
  • “But Leah Peterson, a spokeswoman with the Committee to Elect a Republican Senate, accused Skinner’s opponents and other Democrats of trying to smear ‘an upstanding Wisconsin citizen and local official.’” 
  • “She did not answer questions about Skinner’s voting history in Wisconsin and Georgia.” 
  • “Eau Claire County tax records show Skinner claimed a Lottery and Gaming tax credit worth $186.34 in 2025 for her Altoona home, a credit she and her husband have claimed since at least 2020. Department of Revenue rules state that Wisconsin residents can only claim this credit on one primary residence.” 
  • “But in 2025, they also claimed a senior homestead exemption in Dawson County, Georgia, where they own a home in the town of Dawsonville, records show.” 
  • “They also claimed an income-based tax exemption reserved for seniors 75 and older with a household income of $25,000 or less. Property tax records from Dawson County show the couple paid no property taxes on the Dawsonville home in 2025. In June 2025, the property was transferred to a trust in her husband’s name.” 
  • “Georgia law states that a residence can only be eligible for a homestead exemption if it is ‘the legal residence and domicile of the applicant for all purposes whatever.’” 
  • “According to the Dawson County Board of Tax Assessors, ‘You cannot be claiming homestead at any other location in Dawson County or in any other county or state. If you and your spouse own more than one home, you CANNOT claim multiple exemptions, even if one house is in your name and the other is in your spouse’s name.’” 
  • “Under Georgia law, it is a misdemeanor to falsely claim a homestead exemption; violators must pay double the taxes owed on the property.”
  • “Under Wisconsin’s “false swearing” law, it is a Class H felony to knowingly make a false statement on a legal document.”  
  • “In 2025, the Trump administration accused Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook of a similar offense.”