Special Counsel finds “rampant fraud and abuse” in Wisconsin presidential election
A damning report flew under the radar amid war chaos
As I mentioned in my last post, there are some commentators who believe that the Ukraine-Russia conflict could be serving as a distraction from political liabilities for the U.S. and other governments. Here is one story from last week that got lost amid the frenzy: a Wisconsin special counsel released a report revealing evidence of voter fraud in that state’s 2020 presidential election.
Special Counsel Mike Gableman, a former state Supreme Court justice, found the following election irregularities:
1. Election officials’ use of absentee ballot drop boxes in violation of
Wis. Stat. § 6.87(4)(b)1 and § 6.855;2. The Center for Tech and Civic Life’s $8,800,000 Zuckerberg Plan
Grants being run in the Cities of Milwaukee, Madison, Racine,8
Kenosha and Green Bay constituting Election Bribery Under Wis.
Stat. § 12.11;3. WEC’s failing to maintain a sufficiently accurate WisVote voter
database, as determined by the Legislative Audit Bureau;4. The Cities of Milwaukee, Madison, Racine, Kenosha and Green Bay
engaging private companies in election administration in
unprecedented ways, including tolerating unauthorized users and
unauthorized uses of WisVote private voter data under Wisconsin
Elections Commission (WEC) policies, such as sharing voter data for
free that would have cost the public $12,500;5. As the Racine County Sheriff’s Office has concluded, WEC
unlawfully directed the municipal clerks not to send out the legally
required special voting deputies to nursing homes, resulting in many
nursing homes’ registered residents voting at 100% rates and many
ineligible residents voting, despite a guardianship order or incapacity;6. Unlawful voting by wards-under-guardianship left unchecked by
Wisconsin election officials, where WEC failed to record that
information in the State’s WisVote voter database, despite its
availability through the circuit courts—all in violation of the federal
Help America Vote Act.7. WEC’s failure to record non-citizens in the WisVote voter database,
thereby permitting non-citizens to vote, even though Wisconsin law
requires citizenship to vote—all in violation of the Help America Vote
Act. Unlawful voting by non-citizens left unchecked by Wisconsin
election officials, with WEC failing to record that information in the
State’s WisVote voter database; and8. Wisconsin election officials’ and WEC’s violation of Federal and
Wisconsin Equal Protection Clauses by failing to treat all voters the
same in the same election
In a hearing before the state Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Election, the special counsel said: “I believe the legislature ought to take a very hard look at the option of decertification of the 2020 Wisconsin presidential election.”
The report uncovered “rampant fraud and abuse” in nursing homes and other residential facilities. As The Federalist wrote:
Special Counsel Michael Gableman, the retired state Supreme Court justice appointed by the Wisconsin Assembly to investigate integrity concerns about the 2020 election, vetted more than 90 nursing homes in five different counties before concluding there was “widespread election fraud at Wisconsin nursing homes in November of 2020.”
According to the report, nursing home staff and administrators illegally handled absentee ballots, illegally assisted with “marking” residents’ ballots, illegally “witnessed” the voting, and possibly included forgery of the elderly residents’ signatures. Under Wisconsin law, these violations of the election code constitute fraud.
The special counsel also looked at the controversial role of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the election, which I have previously touched on as well. In the inaugural installment of this newsletter I also looked at the Maricopa county audit in Arizona.
You can read more coverage of the special counsel’s report from Emerald Robinson—a general summary here and a look at voting machine irregularities unearthed here.
I was initially skeptical of 2020 voter fraud claims, but changed my view after digging into the topic—to my eyes, there is ample evidence that fraud likely occurred on a significant scale. As far as I am aware, none of that evidence has been given a fair hearing in the mainstream media, and lawmakers of both parties have repeatedly thwarted attempts to investigate further. This is a very complex issue, one that is not so easy to get your head around. Here and here are podcast conversations (from several months ago) that I believe lay out the evidence pretty well. Electoral fraud should not be a partisan issue, and I recommend listening to the above podcasts and drawing your own conclusions. What really happened in November 2020 is an important piece of the puzzle for those trying to gain a clearer understanding of the current state of play, regardless of where their political commitments may lie.