Wisconsin's Assembly Speaker Wants to Investigate Tuesday's Election

Saturday, November 7th, 2020 -- 9:03 AM

(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) -Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is using the Legislature's power to subpoena witnesses to investigate Tuesday's election after the President alleged without evidence his vote totals in Wisconsin are hamstrung by "irregularities." 

Vos ordered the Assembly's committee overseeing elections to lead an investigation under a state statute that allows lawmakers to require testimony.  "With concerns surfacing about mail-in ballot dumps and voter fraud, Wisconsin citizens deserve to know their vote counted," Vos, R-Rochester, said in a statement. An aide to Vos did not immediately answer where ballot dumps are alleged to have occurred.  Former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, won Wisconsin's presidential contest over the President by about 21,000 votes according to unofficial totals. The President's campaign has said it will seek a recount citing "irregularities" but campaign officials have not produced evidence to back up the claim. 

"We are confident in Wisconsin's election processes and look forward to providing any information requested by the Legislature," Wisconsin Elections Commission Director Meagan Wolfe said in a statement.  There is no evidence ballots were "found" or "dumped" in Wisconsin though some supporters of the President have raised concerns of such incidents without providing evidence.

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