Wisconsin

WEC Agency Memos Functioning as Press Releases to Preempt Legislative Review (WI)

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Established Fact The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) utilized public memoranda – issued in March and August 2020 – to unilaterally authorize absentee ballot drop boxes statewide, bypassing the legislature and the formal administrative rulemaking process required under Wis. Stat. §227.40. By broadcasting these memoranda publicly and to media outlets, WEC created a false public consensus […]

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WEC Administrator Meagan Wolfe Made Three Documented False Statements to the Wisconsin Legislature Regarding CTCL Grants, Database Access, and API Existence (WI)

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Established Fact WEC Administrator Meagan Wolfe made the following specific statements to the Wisconsin State Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections, each of which was subsequently documented by the OSC to be contradicted by primary evidence: she stated she did not know about CTCL grants to the Zuckerberg 5 cities – contradicted by grant agreement

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WEC Certification Incorporated Votes Cast Under Unlawful Procedures – Drop Boxes, Nursing Home Absentee Violations, and “Indefinitely Confined” Abuse (WI)

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Established Fact [Established Fact – As to subsequent court rulings] The Wisconsin 2020 presidential election certification incorporated votes cast under at least four categories of procedures subsequently found unlawful: (1) absentee ballot drop boxes, ruled illegal by Waukesha County Circuit Court in Teigen v. WEC (affirmed, 2022 WI 64); (2) absentee ballots collected from nursing

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WEC Chairperson Ann Jacobs Unilaterally Certified Presidential Contest Without Full Commission Vote – Minutes Before Governor’s Certificate of Ascertainment (WI)

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Established Fact On November 30, 2020, Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) Chairperson Ann Jacobs unilaterally signed the “determination of the recount and the presidential contest” without conducting a full vote of the Wisconsin Elections Commission or obtaining recorded approval from the broader Commission membership. This action was taken in the final hours before Governor Tony Evers

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Coordinated Evasion of Special Counsel Subpoenas (WI)

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Established Fact During the Wisconsin Legislature’s investigation led by Special Counsel Michael Gableman, the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC), the State Attorney General, and voting-machine vendors (Dominion and ES&S) refused to comply with legislative subpoenas seeking voting system data and logs. Local clerks asserted that providing secure copies of machine data to the legislature would “compromise

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Recount Confirmed Results Incorporating Votes Cast Under Subsequently Invalidated Drop-Box Guidance (WI)

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Established Fact The Wisconsin Elections Commission issued administrative guidance memoranda in spring 2020 and on August 19, 2020, authorizing unstaffed ballot drop boxes as a permissible method of absentee ballot return. These memoranda were subsequently held by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Teigen v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, 2022 WI 64, No. 2022AP91 (Wis. July 8,

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ESS Tabulators with 4G Modems; Hidden Wi-Fi at Central Count (WI)

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Established Fact The Wisconsin OSC (Gableman) Special Counsel Report documented that ESS voting tabulators deployed statewide were equipped with active 4G wireless modems enabling internet connectivity. In Green Bay, all ESS voting machines were connected to a secret, hidden Wi-Fi access point located at the Grand Hyatt hotel – the central count facility – controlled

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ESS DS200/DS200 Voting Machines Contained Active 4G Wireless Modems – Connected to Internet on Election Night (WI)

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Established Fact The OSC found that ESS voting machines deployed in Wisconsin contain 4G wireless modems enabling internet connectivity. At least one Wisconsin municipality admitted its machines were connected to the internet on election night, purportedly to transmit vote data to county clerks. All Green Bay voting machines were ESS machines connected to the secret

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ES&S Voting Machines Deployed with Factory-Installed 4G Wireless Modems Capable of Internet Connectivity (WI)

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Established Fact The OSC Gableman Report documented that ES&S voting machines deployed in Wisconsin municipalities were manufactured with 4G wireless modems installed at the factory level. These modems enabled the machines to connect to the internet through Wi-Fi hotspots, directly contravening the configuration requirements of Wis. Stat. § 5.91 and the federal VVSG framework, both

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WEC Administrator Wolfe Falsely Denied API Access to WisVote Before Legislative Committee (WI)

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Established Fact WEC Administrator Meagan Wolfe made at least three demonstrably false statements to the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections, including expressly denying the existence of any API into the WisVote or BadgerBooks systems. Documentary evidence – including grant agreements, city-provided records, and direct admissions from city officials – established that at least

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