Gov. Tony Evers vetoes string of Republican bills meant to change how elections are run
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Patrick Marley 6:05pm April 8, 2022
MADISON – Democratic Gov. Tony Evers vetoed nine election bills Friday, including ones that would have given lawmakers the ability to withhold money from election officials and changed voting rules for the disabled and nursing home residents.
Evers' vetoes come as Republicans seeking to challenge him this fall argue the state must overhaul the way it conducts elections after Donald Trump narrowly lost the state in the 2020 presidential election.
"The right to vote is fundamental to our democracy; it should not be subject to the whim of politicians who do not like the outcome of an election," Evers wrote in his veto messages to lawmakers. "Elected officials should not be able to abuse their power to cheat to control the outcomes of our elections or to prevent eligible voters from casting their ballots."
Evers accused Republicans who control the Legislature of engaging in "disinformation" about elections after recounts and courts determined Joe Biden won Wisconsin's presidential election. Assembly Republicans are spending $676,000 in taxpayer money on their own review of that election.
Republicans called their proposals common sense and said Evers had no basis for vetoing them.
"It's clear the governor didn't even bother to read these bills and wants to lump any election reform as a conspiracy theory," Republican state Sen. Alberta Darling of River Hills said in a statement.
In all, Evers issued 43 vetoes on Friday, bringing the total number of full vetoes this legislative session to 98. That's the most any governor has issued since the Legislative Reference Bureau began tracking vetoes in 1931.
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rather long article and gives many examples of vetoed bills
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