LeMahieu says Senate Republicans plan to pursue new elections bills ahead of Gableman review finding

LeMahieu could well be Vos's kryptonite. Oostburg Wis. is a completely different world from Burlington.


https://www.wispolitics.com/2022/lemahieu-says-senate-republicans-plan-to-pursue-new-elections-bills


Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, says Senate Republicans already have “a pretty clear path” on how to proceed with new legislation related to election procedures without first waiting to see what former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman produces from his 2020 election probe.

Senate Republicans a year ago passed a series of election-related bills that were either vetoed by Gov. Tony Evers or died in the Assembly.

In an interview with WisPolitics.com, LeMahieu said his caucus now has the Legislative Audit Bureau’s review of the 2020 election as well as a report from the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty. Both will help shape two or three bills his caucus will take up during the spring floor period.

He said some of the original bills the caucus took up a year ago “went a little beyond where the Audit Bureau was” on procedural issues with the 2020 election. Now that the non-partisan LAB has weighed in, it will shape the new bills. LeMahieu also said it was important to see where Evers is on the issues LAB highlighted.

Asked whether Gableman’s review will produce anything of value, LeMahieu said, “Whenever he finishes up his investigation, we’ll look at what he comes out with. But I have no idea.”