WSAW CBS 7: Bipartisan group looking to improve trust in Wisconsin’s election system

Madison Maronade reported for WSAW CBS 7 about bipartisan conversations between state lawmakers and election officials working to improve faith in the state’s elections.

A bipartisan group of legislators and election officials is trying to improve the trust people have in Wisconsin’s election system.

On Friday, they gathered in Wausau for a panel to speak about “calming the storm” of election fraud claims. Pan[e]lists shared details about proposed legislation that could make voting more accessible, expand voting hours, and increase the security of ballot drop boxes.

Representatives Scott Krug and Lee Snodgrass may be from different parties, but they both want people in Wisconsin to trust the election system. They are working on legislation that would do just that.

“Knowing we won the election before we go to bed. That’s where 90% of the issues in Wisconsin elections have come from, our late time, late results. They get all the conjecture put on about late-night ballot dumps and all these other things that flow just because the election results tend to come in late for Milwaukee, because the way we set up the process, they can’t accomplish the goal as quick as we need them to,” said Krug.

Read more at WSAW CBS 7.