Wisconsin's Republican-controlled Senate voted on Thursday to oust the state's nonpartisan top elections official, Meagan Wolfe, a frequent target of right-wing attacks since Donald Trump's 2020 election loss.
Democrats say the process to remove Wolfe is illegal, and the matter is expected to be resolved in the courts. Voting rights advocates have argued that the Republican move will fuel conspiracy theories about the integrity of the state's election system ahead of 2024, when Wisconsin is likely to be a crucial swing state in the U.S. presidential race.
In August, the state's Democratic attorney general, Josh Kaul, said in a letter that "there is no question" that Wolfe is still administrator and that the nomination before the Senate was improper. The Republican majority leader of the Senate, Devin LeMahieu, said Wisconsin voters needed to have confidence that there is no fraud in the state's elections.
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