GREEN BAY - City officials had all-hands on deck as they managed last year s elections but didn t do anything to distort the integrity of the process, according to a new report from the city attorney.
Attorney Vanessa Chavez reviewed the August and November elections amid allegations from Republican lawmakers that Green Bay s use of grant money and private consultants tainted the process. Former City Clerk Kris Teske resigned in December after clashing for months with the mayor s office, which she accused of taking over election planning.
A group of Green Bay residents filed a complaint to the Wisconsin Elections Commission earlier this month claiming that the Center for Tech and Civic Life illegally dictated how Green Bay ran its election when it provided the city with $1.6 million to facilitate voting during the coronavirus pandemic. The nonprofit distributed grants to over 200 municipalities across Wisconsin.
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Election officials begin counting absentee ballots at City Hall on Nov. 3 in Beloit, Wisconsin. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
MADISON, Wis. Former Green Bay City Clerk Kris Teske has been called a “superhero” for standing up against the pressures of city officials and outside election activists interfering in her office.
Teske’s fellow municipal clerks also see the long-time public servant as a cautionary tale.
“Before what happened in Green Bay, this wasn’t even a thought. After reading about what went on there, a lot of clerks went, ‘Holy cow!’ Mostly they are saying, ‘Thank God it wasn’t me,’” Kelly Michaels, master municipal clerk for the city of Brookfield, said.
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Voters fill in their ballots at a polling station in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Nov. 3, 2020. (Photo: Joel Lerner/
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MADISON, Wis. A national election integrity watchdog announced Thursday it was filing a formal complaint with the Wisconsin Elections Commission on behalf of five Green Bay residents.
The complainants allege city officials allowed “private activist groups to control significant aspects of the 2020 election, including ballot ‘curing’ and vote counting.”
“Hundreds of millions of dollars purchased local election offices in 2020 to benefit one political candidate, paying salaries of election officials and literally dictating the manner in which the election should be managed,” Phill Kline, director of The Amistad Project said in a press release. “Evidence in Green Bay proves this shadow government ran the election and now it is time those involved come clean.”