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The head of the Wisconsin Assembly’s Committee on Elections says the just-wrapped 2024 election shows there’s more work to be done ahead of the next election.
Rep. Scott Krug, R-Nekoosa, took to Twitter on Wednesday to set the stage for next year’s to-do list.
“A productive session in Campaigns and Elections. No more Zuckerbucks, and now constitutional protections against non-citizens voting. Plenty more reforms needed. The future of central count, adopting the Florida model of processing absentee ballots, and more…” Krug posted.
Krug was one of 2024’s most vocal election watchdogs.
He spent the days and weeks ahead of election day asking questions about the Wisconsin Elections Commission, Milwaukee’s election operation, and any possible weaknesses in the state’s electoral system.
One of those weaknesses was Milwaukee’s announcement that it had to recount 30,000 absentee ballots.
Krug called that “An absolutely ridiculous failure.”
“This should not happen with all the time, staff and ‘oversight’ in place. [Milwaukee] Central Count once again creates more questions than answers,” Krug said on Twitter Tuesday night. “Keep getting out & voting I promise it will be resolved with eyes all over it! Early processing is a MUST moving forward!”
Krug supported a plan this year that would have allowed communities like Milwaukee to begin processing early votes the Monday before Election Day. That legislation passed the Assembly, but died in the Wisconsin Senate.
Krug blamed that defeat on fears that Democratic-run cities would use an early vote count to pad their vote totals.
“[Senators] listened to the wrong voices in the conversation,” Krug said on Twitter. “Thought a cheat was easier when in reality the safest thing to do is get that ballot secured instead of on a shelf or in a bucket.”
Krug said starting even as early as 7 a.m. on Election Day would have avoided Milwaukee’s early morning ballot update.
Those votes didn’t make it into the statewide totals to nearly 4 a.m. Wednesday.
That means voters had to wait to know who won the race for the White House and the race for U.S. Senate here in Wisconsin.
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