Wisconsin Attorney General Says Republicans Can't Replace Elections Chief

Thursday, August 24th, 2023 -- 11:00 AM

(Raymond Neupert, WRN) Attorney General Josh Kaul says Republican lawmakers can't replace the head of the state elections commission.

The Democrat AG sent a letter to the head of the legislature's legal council this week. Kaul says the elections commission hasn't voted to replace Meagen Wolfe so the Senate can't replace her.

That's because the state supreme court ruled last year a person isn't removed from a commission or board just because their term is over. The decision was in favor of a Republican appointee to the state Natural Resources Board who stayed on the board two years after his term ran out.

Kaul argues the same applies to Wolfe. A hearing on Wolfe's potential replacement is set for next week.

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