SR 11 — Relating to: castigating the Wisconsin Elections Commission for ignoring statutory requirements, for sidestepping the administrative rulemaking process, and for not following both the letter and intent of state statute.

-Senate 2022Resolution LEGISLATURE11 LRB-5231/1ENGROSSED CMH:cjs SENATE RESOLUTION 11Relating Novemberto: 5, 2021 - Introduced by Senators R OTH, LEM AHIEU, W ANGGAARD , BRADLEY , DARLING, FELZKOWSKI, FEYEN , ACQUE , JAGLER, KAPENGA , NASS, PETROWSKI , STAFSHOLT, TROEBEL and T ESTIN.

Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.

Relating to:

and LRB-5231/1 - 2022 Legislature - 2 - CMH:cjs Whereas, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee directed the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau to conduct an audit of the 2020 election ensuring compliance with state and federal election laws;

S In regards to verifying municipal clerk training—“WEC'straining—“WEC’s staff did not comply with administrative rules because they did not contact governing bodies if clerks did not report having completed the required training for the two-yeartwo−year period that ended in December 2019”;

S In regards to the use of municipal absentee drop boxes—“If WEC believes that municipal clerks should be permitted to establish drop boxes, WEC'sWEC’s staff should work with WEC to promulgate administrative rules to permit clerks to establish them”;

S In regards to keeping accurate data on Wisconsin'sWisconsin’s voter rolls—“WEC did not regularly obtain all types of data from ERIC”;

LRB-5231/1 - 2022 Legislature - 3 - CMH:cjs S In regards to adjournment while counting ballots—“Written guidance that WEC'sWEC’s staff provided to municipal clerks in October 2020 did not comply with statutes;

and Senate Resolution 11 − 2− Whereas, WEC also served as a conduit for connecting Wisconsin clerks with the Center for Tech and Civic Life which poured more than $6 million into local election efforts, which bought access to the nonpartisan election administration process such as those uncovered in Green Bay that provided outside actors access to key information and administrative functions, drove out the sitting city clerk, implemented partisan/political campaign turnout strategies, and contributed to the undermined trust and faith in Wisconsin'sWisconsin’s elections;

and Whereas, WEC is entrusted to administer Wisconsin'sWisconsin’s elections laws and when necessary utilize the emergency rulemaking process to respond to unique and pressing circumstances, not ignore statutory requirements or emergency rulemaking in exchange for expediency or personal policy preference;

now, therefore, be it Resolved by the senate, That the Wisconsin Senate hereby castigates the Wisconsin Elections Commission for ignoring statutory requirements, for LRB-5231/1 - 2022 Legislature - 4 - CMH:cjs sidestepping the administrative rulemaking process, and for not following both the letter and intent of state statute, actions that represent a move not to administer but to unilaterally rewrite state law;

(END)S t a t e C a p i t o l Senator Chris Kapenga Madison, Wisconsin President of the Senate Date Michael J.

Queensland Senate Chief Clerk