The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Friday tapped Don Millis, a Republican tax attorney appointed to the board Wednesday, to lead the state's body in charge of administering elections in Wisconsin.
The commission rejected a bid from Robert Spindell, another Republican member who became a controversial figure after posing as a fake presidential elector following the 2020 election.
Millis, an original member of the commission, was confirmed as chair on a 5-1 vote from the bipartisan panel. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos appointed Millis to the commission following the resignation of GOP former state Rep. Dean Knudson.
Knudson stepped down from his post amid backlash from other conservatives over his refusal to back former President Donald Trump's false claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
Millis and Spindell were the only eligible commissioners to be elected chairman for the next two years due to state rules requiring Republican and Democratic members to take turns being chair.
While Spindell was one of 10 Wisconsin Republicans who in 2020 posed as a presidential elector for Trump, Millis has not taken a public position on whether the 2020 election was manipulated by voter fraud.
The commission has come under fire as a symbol of those false claims, which have been embraced by prominent Wisconsin Republicans — spurred, in part, by accusations from former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman as he reviews the 2020 election for Vos.
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