An original member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission will return to replace an outgoing Republican member who resigned under pressure from conservative peers over his refusal to back former President Donald Trump's false claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Wednesday appointed Republican tax attorney Don Millis of Sun Prairie to the commission to replace former state Rep. Dean Knudson just two days before the panel is set to pick its new chairman.
In making his appointment, Vos sought to appease factions of the Republican Party that contradict each other on elections issues by choosing a new member who has not taken a public position on whether the 2020 election was manipulated by voter fraud, a false claim that has been embraced by prominent Wisconsin Republicans.
The commission is under fire as a symbol of those false claims to much of the Republican base, fueled by accusations from former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman as he reviews the 2020 election for Vos.
Gableman has called for the commission to be abolished, in part, because of guidance commissioners gave to clerks to navigate voting during the coronavirus pandemic.
One longstanding commission rule for clerks that...
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