State Sen. @KathleenBernie8 says her committee will conduct a review of an election audit in public.
That differs from an election review by Assembly Republicans and Michael Gableman that is being done in secret.
Bernier made her comments to @AJBayatpour on “Capital City Sun.”
Bernier says “that’s not for me to say” when asked if she thinks @WI_Elections broke the law regarding how it advised clerks on voting in nursing homes.
“I don’t necessarily agree with that but my opinion doesn’t matter,” Bernier says, noting lawmakers don’t enforce laws.
Bernier is the former county clerk for Chippewa County and now chairs the Senate Elections Committee.
@repvos signals he won't back off on his subpoenas for his election review, even though attorney Michael Gableman has already scaled back some of them.
“In order to restore confidence in our election system, Justice Gableman will continue his investigation," Vos said.
@repvos .@repvos, con't: "The subpoenas have been issued correctly – a fact backed up by the nonpartisan Legislative Council in a memo requested by Assembly Democrats."
AG @JoshKaulWI tells reporters there are several flaws with former Justice Michael Gableman's subpoenas to election officials.
He says lawmakers are purporting to act as prosecutors, which they are not allowed to do.
@JoshKaulWI Kaul says Gableman can't interview officials in private, as he has suggested he would. Kaul says Gableman has to conduct interviews in front of the Assembly Elections Committee.
Kaul calls the subpoenas "dramatically overbroad."
@JoshKaulWI Kaul says Gableman's investigation is not serious and consists of glaring flaws.
Turning his sights on Evers, Gableman in new video makes election allegations without offering evidence jsonline.com/story/news/pol…
Gableman is going after @GovEvers for comments the governor made nearly two weeks ago.
Gableman is putting attention on Evers after facing criticism from the left and right for subpoenaing election officials and then walking back those subpoenas.
Gableman: "If the governor believes that it has been proven the election was conducted flawlessly, then he is completely ignorant to the concerns of Wisconsin voters who have great concerns regarding the sanctity and security of their vote.”
Top Assembly Republican Robin Vos is leaving it to an investigator to decide on subpoenas for the election investigation jsonline.com/story/news/pol…
.@repvos says:
— won’t sign @RepJanel’s subpoenas; will let Gableman come up with his own
— will let Gableman choose investigators and “cyberforensic” team
— scope of investigation is being finalized
— will spend up to $680K in taxpayer funds; won’t allow use of private funds
Like other Republicans, Vos has not spelled out yet what a “cyberforensic” audit would consist of.
It’s a term advocates of an Arizona-style review have used. Vos says every state is different and Wisconsin’s probe could look different.