Jul 31, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Wisconsin man commits voter fraud to "expose" system "vulnerabilities"

Julia Shapero

Claire Woodall-Vogg, executive director of the Milwaukee election commission, collects the count from absentee ballots from a voting machine on November 04, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images

A Wisconsin man admitted to committing voter fraud in an effort to "expose the vulnerabilities" in the state's voting system, according to Wisconsin Public Radio.

Driving the news: Harry Wait used Wisconsin's online voter portal to request absentee ballots for the speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly, the mayor of Racine County and 10 other individuals, WPR reported.

Wait, who runs a Wisconsin group that espouses disproven claims of election fraud, said he never received the ballots, per WPR.
He then contacted Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling and informed him of what he had done.

What they're saying: While some members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission have called on Wait to be charged with a crime, Schmaling refused to take action upon learning about Wait's actions, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Instead, Schmaling called on the commissioners to remove a feature from their website that helps voters request absentee ballots, the Journal Sentinel reported.
Schmaling previously campaigned for former President Donald Trump and espoused claims of voter fraud, per the Journal Sentinel.

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