The strategic abstentions of the three Democrats on the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) resulted in the failure of a motion to reappoint embattled WEC Administrator Meagan Wolfe to a second four-year term.
Wolfe has been the highest-ranking state elections official since 2018. She has drawn criticism for her administering of the 2020 presidential and 2022 midterm elections.
All three Republicans on the Commission voted to reappoint Wolfe.
The votes of four of the Commission’s six members are required to reappoint Wolfe and forward her appointment to the state Senate for its advice and consent, so the motion died.
The special meeting was held on the afternoon of June 27, just three days before Wolfe’s term expires on July 1. The motion to reappoint was the only business on the agenda….