Attorneys for a Marinette County man who is suing the Wisconsin Elections Commission in an election fraud lawsuit are now asking the judge in the case to hold the commission in contempt of court for violating a restraining order.
Kevin Scott, attorney for Thomas Oldenburg, tells The Federalist that a hearing on the request for “remedial sanctions” could be held as soon as July 10. Meanwhile, Scott says WEC is dodging Marinette County Circuit Court Judge James Morrison’s temporary restraining order by “parsimoniously” interpreting the temporary injunction and essentially working out a plan to get around it.
Such alleged defiance speaks to a rogue state elections commission that is led by a controversial administrator who refuses to leave her post after she was effectively fired by the state Senate. The agency also has on multiple occasions violated state law.
“Here we have WEC acting in contempt of an order already in place,” Scott said. “The fact that voters and clerks are in this situation right now is due to WEC’s malfeasance.”
‘Inducement to Commit Voter Fraud’
As The Federalist first reported last month, Judge Morrison issued the temporary restraining order, enjoining WEC from requiring that Wisconsin’s approximately 1,900 local election clerks use suspect absentee ballot envelopes while the court deliberates on the merits of the lawsuit against them.
The complaint alleges that in approving new ballot envelopes recommended by WEC staff, the commission violated Wisconsin election law. If used, the envelopes “would cause voters to falsely certify that the
