Dane County Judge Issues Order to Keep Head of Wisconsin Election Commission on the Job

Monday, October 30th, 2023 -- 1:01 PM

(Bob Hague, WRN) A judge has barred Republican legislators from firing Meagan Wolfe.

Wolfe is Administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, and has been a target of Republicans who don’t like decisions commissioners made during the COVID pandemic and 2020 elections.

Dane County Circuit Court Judge Ann Peacock’s Friday ruling also bars Republicans from appointing an interim and declares the Senate’s September 14 vote to remove her had no legal effect, pending a final decision on a lawsuit.

Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul filed the suit seeking to keep Wolfe in the job unless she decides to leave on her own.

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