Milwaukee, WI – Today, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published an oped from Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee Chair and RightCount Wisconsin Leadership Advisory Council member Rep. Scott Krug on how we can end doubts around Wisconsin elections moving forward after a successful 2024 election. Rep. Krug highlighted measures to combat “late night ballot dumps” and measures to prevent fraud in overseas voting along with protections for election workers.
Check out the full oped HERE and see below for excerpts:
Election workers and clerks from across the state did an outstanding job managing record turnout, including a significant number of absentee ballots that were unable to be processed prior to Election Day. In Milwaukee, election officials managed a hiccup with transparency, and swiftly announced the reprocessing of some absentee ballots after consulting openly with Republicans and Democrats.
This election was, by all accounts, smoothly administered across the state. But America should set the example for every nation around the world, and there is always room for improvement.
Voters trust their own election administrators and support ID laws
I joined RightCount earlier this year to work alongside first responders, veterans, business owners, farmers and Wisconsinites from all walks of life to defend the integrity of our elections and find ways to improve our system moving forward.
Partnerships like these allow us to connect directly with voters and identify areas of concern around the election system, something RightCount did earlier this year. They found that voters trusted their own election administrators, but not those in other counties, cities, or states.
Voters believed in voter ID, in having a more transparent process, in having paper ballots to keep a full record of the vote total – things we do extremely well in Wisconsin but need to communicate to the public more effectively.
About RightCount Wisconsin:
RightCount is a 501(c)(3) entity that conducts research and educates fellow citizens around election integrity issues. To learn more about RightCount’s mission in Wisconsin and the steps it is taking to protect the integrity of Wisconsin elections, please visit www.rightcount.org/state/wisconsin.
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