State Republicans have since called for the dissolution of the commission, whose policies, they falsely argue, led to fraudulent votes that cost Trump reelection. In 2020, after Republicans sought recounts in the large, heavily Democratic counties of Milwaukee and Dane based on false claims of fraud, the commission determined that President Joe Biden had won. The commission has significant discretion over how elections are conducted, and plays a role in certifying election results. It was established in 2015 by the Republican-controlled state legislature and was intended to function similarly to the Federal Elections Commission, with three Republican and three Democratic appointees. ![]() Trump allies are targeting the Wisconsin Elections Commission, which administers elections and has the authority to investigate and prosecute violations of election laws. ![]() Because of the checks and balances the state has put in place, overturning an election would mean getting sign-off from the winners of the secretary of state and gubernatorial races, as well as continued GOP dominance in state legislature contests. The success of an effort to put Wisconsin’s elections in partisan hands would require cooperation from officials up and down the ballot there. Here’s how they could do it: Wisconsin: A campaign to seize power from a bipartisan elections commission Though there are candidates who have peddled Trump’s election lies in every projected 2024 battleground, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Arizona present three scenarios for how bad actors - as secretaries of state or state attorneys general, in governors’ mansions or in state legislatures - could abuse their power over certifying elections to subvert a result they personally disagree with. ![]() The next time a presidential candidate seeks out help overturning an election, they could find willing accomplices in these candidates. Republican officials in key states stood in the way of former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.īut this year, according to recent Washington Post reporting, 54 of 87 GOP candidates running for positions with power over the way elections are certified in presidential battlegrounds have falsely claimed that the 2020 election was fraudulent, and say they would have done things differently.
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