GOP governor candidate Tim Michels reverses course, now wants to eliminate Wisconsin Election Comm.

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

GOP governor candidate Tim Michels reverses course and now says he wants to eliminate the Wisconsin Elections Commission

Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wed, May 25, 2022, 11:17 AM·4 min read

MADISON – Candidate for governor Tim Michels on Wednesday flipped his stance on who should run elections in Wisconsin, saying he was joining other Republicans in calling for dissolving the state Elections Commission.

Michels, who three weeks ago called for preserving the commission in some form, didn't say who he wanted to oversee elections if he succeeded in dissolving the bipartisan commission.

His about-face on the commission came four days after he and other candidates for governor addressed delegates at a state Republican convention who clamored for discarding the agency.

Three weeks ago, Michels said the three Republicans and three Democrats on the commission should be fired and replaced with new appointees. On Wednesday, he said after talking to convention-goers and Republican Commissioner Bob Spindell, he now believes the commission should instead be abolished.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/gop-governor-candidate-tim-michels-124924140.html

Original Journal Sentinel link (paywall): https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/05/25/governor-candidate-tim-michels-reverses-course-elections-commission/9922775002/

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Meanwhile: Elections Commissioner Dean Knudson abruptly resigns, citing 'deep desire' from Republicans that he not chair of the panel (Wisconsin Public Radio)