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Racine County, Wisconsin, Sheriff Christopher Schmaling said at a news conference on Thursday the state election statute that governs absentee voting in residential care facilities “was not just broken, but shattered, by members of the WEC, the Wisconsin Election Commission,” in the 2020 election.
Schmaling said that his office prepared a PowerPoint presentation with a detailed timeline of an investigation into a complaint filed by a local resident that a nursing home “took advantage” of her late mother when filing an absentee ballot for her in 2020 “so our citizens can better understand how our election law was broken.”
NewsTalk 1130 WISN reported:
Schmaling said WEC commissioners and staff who prohibited legally-required special voting deputies from entering nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and instead told nursing home staff members to assist residents in voting committed a Class I felony, which is punishable by a maximum sentence of three years, six months in prison and $10,000 in fines.
Wisconsin Statute 6.875 explicitly provides that special voting deputies are the only people authorized to assist in voting in nursing homes and that “no individual who is employed or retained, or within the two years preceding appointment has been employed or retained, at a qualified retirement home or residential care facility in the municipality, or any member of the individual’s immediate family…may be appointed to serve as a deputy.”
On March 10, 2020, WEC requested that Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers suspend the requirement that special voting deputies be deployed to nursing homes. The Governor’s Office informed WEC that the Governor does not have the power to suspend voting laws, even during a public health emergency.
“This isn’t your typical investigation. It’s complex,” Schmaling explained.
Citizens attended the the press conference “to put a face on the election law that was broken,” Schmaling noted.
“I don’t know how or who they voted for. I didn’t ask, because it doesn’t matter. . . The purpose of this presentation today is not political. It’s not about Democrats. It’s not about Republicans. It’s about integrity, it’s about accountability in the election process,” Schmaling added.
Shortly after the press conference, Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) tweeted:… READ MORE…(breitbart.com)
