Just a few days before the election, leftist-led Milwaukee is at the epicenter of another potential ballot scandal.
The Conservative Political Action Conference has filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Elections Commission after receiving reports that an “unknown individual” shoved a “significant number of absentee ballots” into a Milwaukee absentee ballot drop box “before fleeing the scene.”
CPAC filed the complaint with WEC and local police, alleging illegal ballot harvesting and possible “fraud or corruption in the voting process.” Ballot harvesting is illegal in Wisconsin.
According to the complaint, obtained by Just the News, a witness reported that he observed an unknown individual stuff as many as 500 ballots into the unguarded drop box and flee after realizing he was being photographed. The witness attached four photographs of the suspect engaging in the alleged unlawful activity, but the photos are redacted in the complaint.
CPAC, best known for hosting conferences with top conservatives and grassroots activists, “received reports of illicit ballot harvesting at the dropbox location outside Milwaukee City Hall,” CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp wrote on his X account. “A witness reported an individual depositing a significant number of absentee ballots into the dropbox before fleeing the scene.
As part of CPAC’s efforts to ensure elections are free and fair, CPAC has filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Election Commission (“WEC”) and reported to local law enforcement allegations of potential efforts to commit fraud or corruption in the voting process by an unknown…
— Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp) October 30, 2024
