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MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Elections Fee on Friday chosen a Republican lawyer to be its new chairman, passing over one other GOP member who tried to forged an Electoral Faculty vote for Donald Trump regardless that Trump misplaced to President Joe Biden.
The fee voted 5-1 to make Don Millis the brand new chairman. He’ll change Democrat Ann Jacobs. The fee is evenly divided between three Republicans and three Democrats and both Millis or Republican Bob Spindell needed to change into the subsequent chairman by legislation.
The fee chair performs an important function in Wisconsin elections. The chair approves the vote canvass following elections and certifies outcomes. The chair additionally units the fee’s agenda and influences how questions are framed, a key energy on a panel divided between each events.
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Spindell could not muster the Democratic votes to win the chair. He has taken many positions which have angered Democrats, most prominently serving as one of many 10 Republicans who tried to forged Electoral Faculty votes for Trump in Wisconsin regardless that Biden received the state. Trump has maintained that Biden someway stole the state from him in 2020 regardless that courtroom rulings and audits present there was no widespread fraud.
Meeting Speaker Robin Vos appointed Millis to the fee on Wednesday after Dean Knudson abruptly resigned in Could. Knudson stated his fellow Republicans had criticized him for saying that Biden received Wisconsin.
Millis beforehand served on the elections fee and on one in all its predecessor panels. He additionally served on former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson’s tax appeals fee from 1995 to 2004.
Millis advised the fee earlier than the vote that he is a “cheesehead” and loves Wisconsin. He stated his aim is to extend confidence in Wisconsin election outcomes. He stated state election legal guidelines have to be modified. Earlier within the day when the fee was debating challenges to a number of candidates’ nomination papers, he stated the window for submitting responses ought to be longer however did not supply another concepts throughout his speech.
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“I believe I’ve the talents and the temperament to do what’s vital to verify modifications in election legislation and administration are rational and can put the folks of the state of Wisconsin first,” Millis stated.
Spindell stated in his pre-vote speech that the fee ought to combat arduous for the folks of the state in addition to for the most effective options for every commissioner’s get together.