Former Lt. Gov. Sues Wisconsin Elections Commission For Flagrantly Breaking The Law

December 9, 2021

Wisconsin former Lt. Gov. and recently declared gubernatorial candidate in her own right, Rebecca Kleefisch has filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin State Elections Commission to make a declaratory judgment that the “guidance” (read as: illegal instructions) provided by the WEC to various polling locations and nursing homes throughout the state is, in fact, illegal and require that the WEC conduct themselves in the upcoming 2022 election in a manner that strictly obeys Wisconsin election law by enjoining them to do so. Kleefisch has made waves by bringing this directly to the WI Supreme Court and appealing to their original jurisdiction because in the time necessary for it to progress through lower courts, it would be too late and the WEC’s damage to the 2022 election, much like the 2020 vote would be done.

“We need to make sure that the law-breaking we saw happen in 2020 never happens again in Wisconsin,” Kleefisch told The Federalist. “This is about forcing the Wisconsin Elections Commission to clean up their act and provide clear, law-abiding plans for how to implement the 2022 elections.”

Wisconsinites need to be confident in the integrity of their votes. I am suing the Wisconsin Elections Commission because they broke state law and our trust. pic.twitter.com/yBZpnsSF4U

— Rebecca Kleefisch (@RebeccaforReal) November 16, 2021

In supporting her argument for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear this case immediately Kleefisch threw one of their most controversial rulings… against President Trump in 2020 back at them saying,

“Wisconsinites are sick and tired of unelected bureaucrats intentionally ignoring the law.”

A Candidate Sues… Because Nobody Will Prosecute The Wisconsin Elections Commission

According to The Federalist, “The lawsuit follows the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau finding numerous times when the elections commission clearly broke state law, including with unattended ballot drop boxes, closed polling locations, and special voting deputies being banned from nursing homes.” This discovery was corroborated by the Racine County Sheriff’s Department who released their findings of a year-long investigation: revealing that “Election statute was in fact not just broken, but shattered by members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission,” as Sheriff Christopher Schmaling put it.

Schmaling further referred the Commissioners to be criminally charged by the Racine County District Attorney Patricia Hanson “for having waived the law requiring the use of Special Voting Deputies during elections in 2020.” after Democrat State Attorney General Josh Kaul to hold a statewide investigation, which he promptly refused. As reported by Kenosha News,

“Schmaling, a Republican, criticized Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat, in the news release for not having launched a statewide investigation following the Racine County Sheriff’s Office Oct. 28 disclosure of allegations of election fraud having occurred at Mount Pleasant’s Ridgewood Care Center after SVDs were not sent in.”

AG Kaul has shown open contempt for the Racine County investigation telling The Wisconsin Examiner,

“This disgraceful publicity stunt shows an appalling lack of judgment,” Kaul said. “This is a transparently political effort and an abuse of authority.”

In the absence of a single prosecutor in the state of Wisconsin willing to challenge the mighty WEC and its corrupt Democrat defenders, former Lt. Gov. Kleefisch has been forced to seek remedy from the Supreme Court based upon their ruling in Trump v. Biden, 2020 WI the bench would appear to be painted into a corner when they cited ‘Laches’ or the timeliness of a suit in their ruling when they said, “The Campaign’s delay in raising these issues was unreasonable in the extreme, and the resulting prejudice to the election officials, other candidates, voters of the affected counties, and to voters statewide, is obvious and immense.Laches is more than appropriate here; the Campaign is not entitled to the relief it seeks.” Given that Kleefish became a candidate in September, Sheriff Schmaling released his findings in late October and the WI Legislative Audit Bureau released their report on Nov. 9th, there can be no argument that she has brought this case in a timely fashion, which should (hopefully) compel the court to hear the case.