A major case occurred in Marinette, Wisconsin, affecting every absentee voter in the state. The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) redesigned absentee ballot envelopes, wasting $600,000 in so-called “election security funds.”
Worse, if a judge allows these envelopes to be used in this year’s election, the chain of custody for ballot requests would disappear, making Wisconsin more vulnerable to intentional or unintentional voter fraud.
Last August, the WEC announced a redesign of the absentee certification envelope to “provide voters with a more user-friendly way to vote absentee in the upcoming election.”
However, the WEC does not have the authority to change state election laws in Wisconsin.
On Friday, a Marinette County judge issued a temporary restraining order against the WEC following a lawsuit alleging the commission redesigned absentee ballot envelopes in a way that violated Wisconsin’s existing election laws.
Wisconsin attorneys Kevin Scott and Dan Eastman represent Marinette County voter Thomas Oldenburg, who filed the “envelope case” lawsuit.
Under Wisconsin law, absentee voters must submit a signed statement inside their ballot envelope to be legal. However, the introduction of new ballot envelopes by the WEC prompts voters to self-verify their envelopes.
Scott and Eastman argue that this violates current state election laws because the envelopes do not replace the application forms required by law.
Scott said in the press release, “Hobson’s choice was to either sign a false statement under oath or not count absentee ballots. This should concern everyone right now. This is not a partisan issue because these envelopes are made by two Party created by the Wisconsin Elections Commission.
Contrary to previous versions of these envelopes, the new EL-122 contains a section requiring the voter to prove, subject to legal penalties, that the voter requested a ballot, and the EL-122 itself is “an original or copy of the ballot.”
Scott added, “The problem with these envelopes is that they force voters to make false statements or be subject to legal penalties. They return absentee ballots with false claims that they are copies of the absentee ballot applications. That’s the most ridiculous thing you can say.” , the most ridiculous statement.
Additionally, Scott and Eastman argue that allowing these new envelopes to be used in future elections would disenfranchise Wisconsin absentee voters.
“So, right now in Wisconsin, the only way you can vote is to vote in person at a polling place because you can’t use the envelope until WEC fixes it,” Eastman said during a press conference in Union Grove on Monday. Envelope, or you know, the judge pulls the TRO. The point is, our state institutions are basically out of control.
Election integrity hero state Rep. Janelle Brandtjian (R-Menomonee Falls) was fired from the elections committee by anti-Trump Wisconsin Speaker Robin Vos, who called the latest WEC scandal a “An incredible disaster.”
“There’s no clue that a ballot was required,” Brandtjan said, according to The Federalist. “…This would make the mailing system untraceable.
She added, “Do you just want to hand the election to the Democrats? There is no harm in Wisconsin cheating on Republicans who are uneducated or unwilling to understand the current election laws.
Brandtjan also renewed his call for the removal of Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator Megan Wolfe.
The charges against Wolf include promoting and encouraging illegal changes to absentee ballot applications during Wisconsin’s 2020 presidential election.
Scott added, “People will say, ‘What’s the big deal?’ But absentee ballots being misused is a real problem. It hurts voting throughout the community.
The Gateway Pundit has extensively reported on 2020 voter fraud schemes in several battleground states where, shockingly, military votes were cast almost exclusively for Joe Biden.
In March, Wisconsin Democrat Kimberly Zapata was found guilty on all counts in a voter fraud scheme involving military ballots. In 2022, she ordered a military vote using a name she made up, prosecutors said.
Judge James Morrison is scheduled to deliver a final verdict in the case on Wednesday, June 5 at 1pm
You can read the introduction here:
You can read the summary in support of the motion for temporary injunction here:
You can read the signed temporary injunction here:
