“Republicans will never lose another election in Wisconsin after I’m elected governor,” gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels said to supporters. Democracy, anyone?
to saying whether or not he would certify the result of the 2024 election if the Republican candidate loses.
Michels has also pledged to replace Wisconsin’s state elections commission, which is the agency tasked with running elections in the state, andIf elected, Michels will indeed have sway over election results. Heto certify election results if they don’t go his way — and though there are checks to his power in place, like election officials at other levels or the courts, he could pressure the legislature to change election laws to give partisan officials more power.
Such a move in any state— to ignore the will of voters at the whim of far right officials — could be the end of democracy as we know it. The pledge to cement one-party rule in the state is one of the clearest statements that a mainstream Republican candidate has made in support of fascism in this election cycle.
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