{"id":70318,"date":"2022-11-07T18:48:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T18:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/11\/07\/wisconsin-lawmaker-sues-to-sequester-military-ballots\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:30:29","slug":"wisconsin-lawmaker-sues-to-sequester-military-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/2022\/11\/07\/wisconsin-lawmaker-sues-to-sequester-military-ballots\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin judge won\u2019t order sequestering of absentee military ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Editor\u2019s note: This story has been updated with a ruling from a judge after a hearing Monday afternoon.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MADISON, Wis. \u2014 A Wisconsin judge on Monday, less than 14 hours before polls opened, refused to order that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/09\/09\/absentee-voting-heres-what-military-and-their-families-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\">military absentee ballots<\/a> be pulled aside and sequestered until it can be verified that they were cast legally, saying that would be a \u201cdrastic remedy\u201d that could disenfranchise voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Republican chair of the Wisconsin Assembly\u2019s elections committee along with a veterans group and other voters sued on Friday, seeking a court order to sequester the ballots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wisconsin military ballots in question over fraud\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=3phwz-130a419-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Georgia&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=3267a3\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Maxwell denied that request for a temporary restraining order in a ruling from the bench following a two-hour hearing Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat just seems to be a drastic remedy,\u201d he said of sequestering the ballots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judge also denied a request from state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, who was represented by attorneys from the conservative Thomas More Society, to order the elections commission to withdraw its guidance to clerks about absentee ballots from members of the military. Brandtjen has pushed conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/election-2022\/2022\/11\/04\/veterans-are-running-for-congress-who-to-watch-on-election-night\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22298804221106.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Veterans are running for Congress \u2014 who to watch on election night<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Eighteen races on the ballot this month will feature two veterans vying against each other for a seat in Congress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judge said the case did raise questions about whether the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission was adequately informing the state\u2019s 1,800-plus election clerks about their duty to maintain a list of eligible military voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawsuit comes after a top Milwaukee County <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-wisconsin-milwaukee-legislature-bd65d2450e3cdcf21b43fc187dfc2ab3\">elections official was charged<\/a> with fraudulently requesting three military ballots using fake names and having them sent to Brandtjen as way to expose vulnerabilities in Wisconsin elections. Kimberly Zapata, deputy director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-wisconsin-milwaukee-fe503462d7e30d2c505b6b7947188160\">fired last week<\/a> and now faces charges of felony misconduct in office and three misdemeanor counts of election fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Gableman, a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who was hired by Republicans to investigate the 2020 election, now works for the Thomas More Society and represented Brandtjen. He argued that legitimate military absentee voters could have their votes negated by fraudulent ones, and the only way to prevent that was to sequester all the ballots to ensure they\u2019re valid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow else could we possibly ensure that only the authentic military ballots are counted?\u201d Gableman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lynn Lodahl, an assistant attorney general representing the elections commission, called that a \u201ccompletely unworkable request\u201d with no legal basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s no process in the statutes for sequestration,\u201d she said. \u201cThe plaintiffs don\u2019t explain what this means. They don\u2019t explain how this will work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military ballots comprise a tiny fraction of all ballots cast in the state. On average, they represent about 0.07% of all absentee ballots requested, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. In the 2018 election, 2,700 military ballots were requested and as of Thursday, 2,747 military ballots had been requested for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/election-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\">the current election<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Wisconsin, military voters are not required to register to vote, meaning they don\u2019t need to provide a photo ID to request an absentee ballot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All absentee ballots must be received by the close of polls at 8 p.m. Tuesday in order to be counted. As of Sunday, more than <a href=\"https:\/\/elections.wi.gov\/resources\/statistics\/absentee-ballot-report-november-8-2022-general-election-18\" target=\"_blank\">715,000 absentee ballots<\/a> had been returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Union Veterans Council, a constituency group of the AFL-CIO, intervened in the lawsuit. The group\u2019s executive director, Will Attig, called the lawsuit a pointless \u201cattack on people who are actively serving this country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris Yatchak, chair of the group\u2019s Milwaukee chapter, said during a virtual news conference Monday that the lawsuit was an \u201coutrageous attempt by a single individual to try and cast doubt on a free and fair election process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m just appalled at this,\u201d Yatchak said. \u201cIt\u2019s a disgusting act.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case is certain to increase the pressure on the bipartisan state elections commission, which Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels has said he wants to eliminate if he wins Tuesday\u2019s election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-wisconsin-donald-trump-c81e1806bc41ab4e8fec91b8f72ee904\" target=\"_blank\">Gableman was fired<\/a> from his investigatory job earlier this year by Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos after his work was widely ridiculed and did not present any evidence to overcome President Joe Biden\u2019s victory. 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