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Anxiety, outrage dominate West Bend election education event

An informational session held in West Bend by the non-partisan non-profit group Keep Our Republic sought to teach voters about how elections work, but attendees focused largely on 2020 misinformation.

PBS Wisconsin

6 hours ago

I'M ZAC SCHULTZ FOR "HERE AND NOW." >> FACING THE HEADWINDS OF THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, E NON-PARTISAN GROUP, KEEP OUR REPUBLIC, TEAMS UP WITH WISCONSIN ELECTIONS COMMISSION TO PROVIDE AN INFORMATIONAL SESSION TO VOTERS ABOUT HOW ELECTIONS WORK. THE EVENT, HELD IN WEST BEND, ASPIRED TO BRING GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO ELECTION PROCESS IN WISCONN AS WELL AS DISPEL INFORMATION THAT CONTINUES TO SIMMER. THE FIRST HOUR OF THE EVENT SPOKE TO THE MECHANICS OF
HOW WISCONSIN ELECTIONS ARE RUN. SPEAKERS INCLUDED FORMER REPUBLICAN SENATOR AND CURRENT STATE DIRECTOR OF KEEP OUR REPUBLIC, KATHY BERNIER. MEAGAN WOLFE AND LOCAL WEST BD OFFICIALS, BUT DESPITE THE EFFORT TO ALLAY CONCERNS ABOT STATE ELECTION OPERATIONS, IN SOME INSTANCES, IT SEEMED TO FUEL THEORIES ABOUT THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND WHAS TO COME IN NOVEMBER 2024. >> BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY DD NOT FIND FRAUD IN GREEN BAY. >> FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS, THE PANELISTS TOOK QUESTIONS F
ROM THE AUDIENCE WITH A COMMON THEME. >> YOU DIDN'T CHALLENGE THE FRAUDULENT-LARS ELECTORS EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE THREE DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. THIS WAS ON FRIDAY THE 11th. SO ARE YOU GOING TO PLEDGE THAT FROM STOPPING THIS YEAR? YES OR NO, ARE YOU GOING TO STOP THAT? REMAINS UNRESOLVED. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS PURPLE. >> I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! ANSWER THE QUESTION! >> WE ARE IN 2024. >> BUT NOT ALL ATTENDEES APPROACHED THE EVENT DEMANDING ANSWERS ABOUT 2020. >>
WE JUST DON'T YELL AT THE PEOPLE WHO ADMINISTER THE ELECTIONS, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HOLD THE PEOPLE N MADISON ACCOUNTABLE WHEN WE SEND THEM THERE. IF THEY'RE NOT DOING WHAT WE WANT THEM TO. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE ELECTIONS. >> WE CAME HERE TO LEARN ABOT THE PROCESS. SOME PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS WERE ATTACKING THIS. THIS IS THE WRONG PLACE. THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL SEMINAR. IT WASN'T A PLACE TO SAY, HEY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO CHANGE THE THINGS. >> KEEP OUR REPUBLIC PLANS T
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