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Alice Herman

Wisconsin supreme court weighs fate of top elections official targeted by right

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Meagan Wolfe, the Wisconsin elections commission administrator participates in an election forum on 19 September 2024, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Photograph: Carlos Osorio/AP

The Wisconsin supreme court heard arguments on Monday in a case that could determine the fate of the state’s top election administrator – a widely respected official who for the past four years has faced intense conspiracy-theory fueled backlash from Trump’s base.

The Wisconsin elections commission administrator, Meagan Wolfe, drew ire in the wake of the 2020 election when pro-Trump activists made her a scapegoat in their false claims of a stolen election. Activists who supported Trump and rejected the results of the election protested against her role on the commission and pressured Republican lawmakers – who had previously appointed Wolfe unanimously to head the WEC – to oust her.

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