Some key Wisconsin Republicans in Congress, staring down another pivotal campaign year in their swing state, are allying with a group of their state legislators in a push to disband or radically alter the agency that oversees Wisconsin’s elections.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission “is out of control. And I don’t think it should be there,” Rep. Derrick Van Orden told NOTUS.
The effort is the culmination of years of partisan squabbling over election security and supposed fraud — the trickle-down impact of messaging from national Republicans, most prominently former President Donald Trump. And it could have a substantial impact on how people vote in one of the most crucial states in this year’s elections, in both the race for the White House and control of Congress.