MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin lawmaker who has been a frequent promoter of false election claims is suing to stop the fast counting of army ballots in her state after she acquired three ballots below pretend names.
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Lawsuit seeks to block counting of military ballots in Wisconsin
The lawsuit, filed on Friday, was introduced by a veterans group and three people, together with Rep. Janel Brandtjen (R), the chairwoman of the State Meeting’s elections committee.
Final week, Brandtjen acquired three army ballots below fictitious names that have been allegedly despatched to her by Kimberly Zapata, a Milwaukee election official. Election officers have criticized Brandtjen for spreading false claims concerning the system, and Zapata later informed prosecutors she was making an attempt to alert Brandtjen about an precise weak spot within the state’s voting system that must be addressed.
Not like most states, Wisconsin permits army members to forged ballots with out registering to vote or offering proof of residency. Navy ballots make up a tiny fraction of votes in Wisconsin — about 1,400 to date for Tuesday’s election.
Brandtjen and the others are utilizing the incident to argue that army ballots shouldn’t be counted except election officers can present they complied with a state legislation requiring them to take care of lists of all eligible army voters.
Brandtjen’s lawyer, Erick Kaardal of the conservative Thomas Extra Society, mentioned state officers have dealt with elections in a means that’s “conducive to vote fraud.”
Will Attig, director of the Union Veterans Council, expressed alarm on the try to stop counting army ballots.
“These are service members defending our nation which have the appropriate to vote and their means to vote is by mail,” he mentioned. “We’ve bought what to me seems to be an orchestrated plan by election deniers who don’t actually help our democracy.”