Representative Dave Maxey, Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections, called for investigations on Apr. 9 into two recent election-related incidents in Wisconsin.
Maxey said that the Green Bay City Clerk sent out more than 150 duplicate absentee ballots to voters, raising concerns about election integrity. He said, “When voters who already sent in their ballots started getting duplicates in the mail, you’d think the clerk would have a plan to make sure those illegal ballots didn’t get counted. Instead, she basically said ‘oops, system glitch’ and wouldn’t explain what she was actually going to do about it.” Maxey added that these types of errors continue to happen repeatedly and expressed support for a complaint filed by the Republican Party of Wisconsin against Green Bay.
He also addressed an incident involving Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Chris Taylor. According to Maxey, Taylor was “reportedly caught recording campaign videos within 100 feet of a polling place in Madison while people were voting,” which he described as illegal electioneering under state law. He stated: “A judge should know that. The fact that someone we just elected to our highest court apparently doesn’t know basic election law is honestly baffling to me.” An editor’s note indicated that Taylor has not responded to media requests regarding the content of her video.
Maxey called on the Wisconsin Elections Commission and relevant authorities to investigate both situations. He emphasized the need for accountability among both election officials and candidates: “We need election officials who actually care about getting this right, and we need candidates who understand and respect the law enough to follow it. That starts with holding people accountable when they fail.”
