Kimberly Zapata held the No. 2 position at the Milwaukee Election Commission in October 2022 when she used her government-issued laptop, fake names and phony Social Security numbers to obtain three military absentee ballots, according to a criminal complaint. The ballots — requested on the state’s MyVote site and issued in the names of Holly Adams, Holly Jones, and Holly Brandtjen — were mailed to the suburban Milwaukee address of state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, an election integrity warrior in the key battleground state.
Nearly two years after Zapata pulled her illegal scheme, and three months after the elections official was sentenced on a conviction of misconduct in office, Brandtjen said she’s receiving mail (including political mailers) in the name of Holly Adams.
While sorting through her mail last week, Brandtjen told The Federalist on Tuesday, she was surprised to find a piece addressed to Holly Adams. The lawmaker added that no such individual resides at the family’s suburban Milwaukee home, nor, to the best of her knowledge, ever has.
At first Brandtjen thought it was a “sick joke.” But it’s no coincidence.
With the assistance of individuals who purchased the state’s voter list — at a bank-busting bill of $12,500 — Brandtjen said she was able to confirm that “Holly Adams” is voter ID# 701923079, still fake and still alive and well in the WisVote system, the state’s voter registration database and election management system. So are are “Holly Brandtjen” (voter ID# 701923081) and “Holly Jones” ( voter ID
