Wisconsin Elections Commission to consider seeking criminal charges against right-wing activists

The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) met Thursday night to discuss a recent announcement from the Racine County Sheriff’s Office that a number of activists had fraudulently requested absentee ballots as a way to prove the state’s online election system is vulnerable to fraud.

The commission decided to wait until next week to consider referring criminal charges against the activists, but did vote 6-0 to send a communication to local municipal clerks to be aware of the issue and remind them of their obligation to refer cases to their local district attorneys if they believe a crime has occurred. The body also voted 6-0 to send postcards to the approximately 4,000 voters they believe might be vulnerable to the strategy — people who requested absentee ballots be sent to an address different from the one they’re registered under.

On Wednesday, Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling — a supporter of former President Donald Trump — wrote in a Facebook post that his office, which has spent nearly two years investigating apparent voter fraud in the 2020 election, had discovered alleged “vulnerabilities” in the state’s MyVote online system. The apparent flaw was discovered when several right-wing activists focused on sussing out election fraud requested absentee ballots on behalf of other people — including Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Racine Mayor Cory Mason.

Rather than charge those activists with the crime they’ve admitted to committing, Schmaling wrote in the post that he was calling for the suspension of the MyVote system’s absentee ballot request function, which essentially sends an email to a person’s local clerk requesting that an absentee ballot be sent.

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