The city of Racine is fighting back against a complaint filed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) over allegations that the city's use of a mobile voting van to collect mail ballots violated state election laws. The city used the van over the two weeks leading up to the Aug. 9 primary election.
Racine Mayor Cory Mason and Clerk Tara Coolidge violated the state’s “election bribery” law by accepting funds from a nonprofit in a get-out-the-vote effort disguised as a safe voting plan, two city residents allege in a complaint filed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC).