Wausau clerk reports election irregularity to DA and Elections Commission after drop box removal by mayor

WAUSAU – City Clerk Kaitlyn Bernarde reported Wednesday an election irregularity regarding the movement of the clerk’s office drop box to the Marathon County district attorney and the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

The report of the irregularity comes after Wausau Mayor Doug Diny admitted to moving the clerk’s office drop box Sunday afternoon after noticing it was not secured to the pavement outside of City Hall.

Wisconsin Statute 7.15(1)(g) directs municipal clerks to report “suspected election frauds, irregularities, or violations of which the clerk has knowledge to the district attorney for the county where the suspected activity occurs and to the commission.”

The drop box was placed outside of City Hall and relabeled on Friday with the phrase “Official Drop Box” with the intention of using it to collect payments, ballots and other important requests, Bernarde wrote in a Wednesday afternoon news release. It was also locked and labeled, “Kiosk closed.”




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