Established Fact
Michael Spitzer-Rubenstein, an operative of the National Vote at Home Institute (NVAHI) acting under CTCL authority — without any governmental appointment, statutory authority, or executed agreement with the City of Green Bay — exercised operational control over Green Bay’s election night environment on November 3, 2020. He was designated on the hotel contract as “on-site contact for the group,” had his own table in the Central Count area with unlimited access to workers and ballots, controlled ballot transport and counting operations, set up all voting machines and their Central Count configurations, and directed three Wi-Fi networks including a hidden, non-password-protected network that reached his 8th-floor hotel room and to which all ESS voting machines were connected. At 9:29 p.m. on Election Night, he determined that ballots arriving after the 8 p.m. statutory deadline should be counted because “no one challenged the ballots.” Green Bay City Clerk Kris Teske stated in sworn proceedings that her election obligations were “hindered and diminished by outside interference.”
Citations
Office of Special Counsel, Second Interim Investigative Report (Gableman Report, Mar. 2022), pp. 14, 69, App. 257–311 (Spitzer-Rubenstein had unfettered election night access to Central Count floor; controlled ballot transport and counting logistics; set up voting machine configurations; directed three Wi-Fi networks including hidden network reaching his hotel room; 47 ballot drop boxes expected, some arriving after 8 p.m. deadline — Spitzer-Rubenstein determined they should be counted because “no one challenged the ballots”), available at: https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2022-03/GablemanReport.pdf.
WEC Complaint (Final Draft), ¶85–98 (Spitzer-Rubenstein designated on hotel contract as “on-site contact for the group” on Election Day; had “his own table within the central count area and unlimited access to workers and ballots unlike all other election observers”; negotiated Wi-Fi access reaching his 8th-floor hotel room; decided acceptance of delayed ballots), available at: https://fox11digital.com/PDFs/WEC-Complaint-FINAL-Draft-4.pdf.
Former Green Bay City Clerk Kris Teske’s sworn WEC proceeding filings confirm: “others in the Mayor’s office began to hold meetings and make decisions relating to the election outside of the Clerk’s office”; her election obligations were “hindered and diminished by outside interference.” Kris Teske excluded from CTCL grant discussions; advisors from grant organization “helping” without her knowledge or consent. Gableman Report, App. 674–677.
Wisconsin Assembly Resolution 18: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/related/proposals/ar18 | Wisconsin Legislature; see also Special Counsel Gableman Report, available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VHPg8ac3ou5_YYqh9zYe4DL5wuOGdeQE/view