Votebeat: State Rep. Scott Krug emerges as GOP’s voice of pragmatism on Wisconsin election law

Alexander Shur wrote for Votebeat about a Republican state lawmaker in Wisconsin who’s working to build bipartisan consensus over laws to improve election administration and security.

It has been hard for Krug to overcome the conspiracy theories embraced by a small GOP faction and rally his colleagues behind his proposed election reforms. When Republicans do unite on election policy, their bills usually face Democratic opposition and a veto from Gov. Tony Evers.

Still, Krug has kept pushing for the policies that clerks have long asked for, like allowing absentee ballots to be processed the day before an election.

He said he measures his success not only on whether he can get his proposals enacted, but also on whether he can change the tone of the debate, increase confidence in elections, and cool the conspiracy talk on the elections committee and in his party, even as Trump and his allies help fuel it.

“Messaging,” he said, “has become more important than actual policy.”

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