Dem Elections Commission Chair threatens to remove GOP member for addressing topic not on agenda

Dem Elections Commission Chair Ann Jacobs threatened to remove GOP member Bob Spindell from a hearing when he spoke about Milwaukee polling sites running out of ballots in April, even though the topic wasn’t on the agenda.

During Thursday's hearing, Jacobs presented an update on the commission’s review of Madison’s failure to count 193 absentee ballots received in the November election. Spindell asked to speak and praised former Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl for her years of service.

He then began reading from prepared remarks that an “even more serious problem is in the city of Milwaukee” where a half-dozen polling sites ran out of ballots April 1, leading to delays. Jacobs interjected as Spindell continued reading, saying his comments were out of order because the subject wasn’t on the agenda.

Undeterred, Spindell kept reading from a statement saying voters “waited hours” as Jacobs talked over him, obscuring his remarks as the exchange escalated.




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