"I just want to mention that any of the material that is presented today is not a direct complaint against any individuals themselves," said Rep. Janel Brandtjen, R-Menomonee Falls.

The intention of the informational hearing, Brandtjen said, was to raise questions about the election system.

The sole presenter — Peter Bernegger, who was convicted in federal court in Mississippi in 2009 for making fraudulent claims to investors in his business — submitted findings from a report, he said, that had been generated with the help of 1,500 Wisconsinites who meticulously checked the state's voting database.

"Someone — we don't know who — someone is using our systems, our databases, to cast illegal ballots," Bernegger said.

There is no evidence behind somebody hacking into the voter database to illegally cast multiple ballots.

Referring to potentially fake voters, he also said he could not find evidence that a registered voter named Ambrose Aadventure existed.

However, Aadventure, formerly known as Cory Wierl, does exist: He changed his name in June 2020.

"I think this is an important point, right?" committee member Rep. Lisa Subeck, D-Madison, said at the hearing. "This is exactly what I'm concerned about. Let's not draw conclusions about whether people voted legally because you could not find them."

Reviews by the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau and the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty found no evidence of widespread fraud. Multiple court rulings have...

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