Posted on 07/10/2015 2:44:40 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Madison— Key Assembly Republicans renewed their call Friday for overhauling the state's elections and ethics board after The Wall Street Journal reported the agency had been in touch with the Internal Revenue Service as it investigated conservative groups.
"Nothing should be more important than free speech and it's outrageous that there's a coordinated effort to undermine this basic constitutional right," said a joint statement issued by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Rep. Dean Knudson (R-Hudson).
"Now that the state budget is complete, it's time to double down on finalizing the necessary reforms for the (Government Accountability Board) so the bill can be ready for consideration this fall.
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Reforming, or cancelling, the GAB can’t come soon enough for me. They are a worthless body that causes more harm than good. They have screwed up the election process for years. They are the reason we still don’t have Voter ID in place. (need more training,my foot!)
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
Mark Belling is talking about it right now.
FYI, Gov. Walker is going to be on his show at the top of the hour.
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