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Saturday, November 05, 2022 1:15:29 PM
What are the odds this Wisconsin Zapata is a Trump voter. The nutsy way she handled this situation warrants a guess of 99.0111%.
"Early in his term as president, Donald Trump famously called America’s military leadership “my generals.” It was a description that might have rubbed the military the wrong way were it not for his decision to increase defense spending by some $100 billion over three years. The spending spree, which included pay raises for those in uniform, solidified Trump’s standing at the Defense Department and in the field. Many in the military, even in its most senior and skeptical ranks, supported Trump and celebrated his off-the-cuff derision of progressives.
P - The love affair didn’t last. Trump’s reproachful and mocking manner—“You’re all losers,” he said during his first full meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in July 2017. “You don’t know how to win anymore.”—so undermined his standing as commander in chief that, by the end of his term, the military was sick of him, with 2020 election polls showing a preference for Joe Biden among all ranks, an astonishing slippage in Trump’s support among a group that voted overwhelmingly for him four years prior. “I was really shocked by how many of my former colleagues voted for the former president and openly supported him,” said retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, who pointedly refused to mention Trump by name. “But when he [Trump] turned on the military, well, the military turned on him.” "
Lawsuit seeks to block counting of military ballots in Wisconsin
By Patrick Marley
November 5, 2022 at 11:34 a.m. EDT
Kimberly Zapata was deputy director of the Milwaukee Election Commission. She was fired after sending
falsely obtained military absentee ballots to the home of a Republican state lawmaker who has been
an outspoken critic of how the 2020 election was administered.
(Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via AP)
MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin lawmaker who has been a frequent promoter of false election claims is suing to prevent the immediate counting of military ballots in her state after she received three ballots under fake names.
The lawsuit .. https://thomasmoresociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/4-Waukesha-County-Circuit-Court-Memorandum-of-Law-Final-11-4-22.pdf , filed on Friday, was brought by a veterans group and three individuals, including Rep. Janel Brandtjen (R), the chairwoman of the State Assembly’s elections committee.
Last week, Brandtjen received three military ballots under fictitious names that were allegedly sent to her by Kimberly Zapata, a Milwaukee election official. Election officials have criticized Brandtjen for spreading false claims about the system, and Zapata later told prosecutors she was trying to alert Brandtjen about an actual weakness in the state’s voting system that should be addressed.
Days later Zapata was fired .. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/03/fake-ballots-military-wisconsin-milwaukee/?itid=lk_inline_manual_7 .. and charged with a felony .. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/04/election-2022-live-updates-biden-harris/#link-FVBANPAFVFG7HLPA5GRTSZO77Q?itid=lk_inline_manual_7 .. and three misdemeanors.
Unlike most states, Wisconsin allows military members to cast ballots without registering to vote or providing proof of residency. Military ballots make up a tiny fraction of votes in Wisconsin — about 1,400 so far for Tuesday’s election.
Brandtjen and the others are using the incident to argue that military ballots should not be counted unless election officials can show they complied with a state law requiring them to maintain lists of all eligible military voters.
Brandtjen’s attorney, Erick Kaardal of the conservative Thomas More Society, said state officials have handled elections in a way that is “conducive to vote fraud.”
Will Attig, director of the Union Veterans Council, expressed alarm at the attempt to prevent counting military ballots.
“These are service members defending our country that have the right to vote and their means to vote is by mail,” he said. “We’ve got what to me appears to be an orchestrated plan by election deniers who do not truly support our democracy.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/05/wisconsin-military-ballots-fraud-lawsuit/
Add -- Milwaukee Election Commission official Kimberly Zapata charged
with felony and misdemeanor counts over fraudulent military ballots
Zapata was fired by Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson this week after Johnson discovered she
had requested three military ballots and had them sent to the home of state Rep. Janel Brandtjen.
Daniel Bice Alison Dirr Molly Beck
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Nov. 4, 2022
[...]
The criminal complaint filed Friday states that Zapata told investigators she sent the ballots in the names of three fictitious military voters to make a point about the existence of fraud in the voting system — though she said this was not the same situation as people who are involved in conspiracy theories.
[...]
The complaint states that she wanted to redirect Brandtjen's focus "away from outrageous conspiracy theories and to something that is actually real."
P - It also states that "Zapata stated that she felt overwhelmed due to the threats of violence the Election Commission was receiving, in addition to the constant daily harassment and accusations of lying and hiding things. She stated she wanted the truth to come out so that they could focus on the actual problems."
P - Zapata ? whose duties as deputy included supervising registration and all aspects of absentee ballots ? also said she was trying to highlight flaws in the election system in an attempt to maintain election integrity, which is part of her job.
P - Military voters are not required to register before voting in an election and do not need to provide proof of identification or residence to request an absentee ballot, the complaint states. Like other voters, military voters can request an absentee ballot using the MyVote.wi.gov website.
P - What does the complaint say happened
P - The complaint states that Zapata went on the MyVote website from her home about 5:30 a.m. on Oct. 25 to create the fake voters, submitting three applications under three different names at randomly chosen addresses in Shorewood, South Milwaukee and Menomonee Falls.
P - She used her city-issued laptop for the applications and found Brandtjen's address in the state voter registration database that is administered by the Wisconsin Elections Commission and is only available to municipal employees. The site can only be accessed using a government-issued device and requires a username, password, PIN and thumbprint verification, the complaint states.
P - The only authorized use of the site is for official election work.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/04/milwaukee-city-election-official-expected-to-be-charged-friday/69618684007/
"Early in his term as president, Donald Trump famously called America’s military leadership “my generals.” It was a description that might have rubbed the military the wrong way were it not for his decision to increase defense spending by some $100 billion over three years. The spending spree, which included pay raises for those in uniform, solidified Trump’s standing at the Defense Department and in the field. Many in the military, even in its most senior and skeptical ranks, supported Trump and celebrated his off-the-cuff derision of progressives.
P - The love affair didn’t last. Trump’s reproachful and mocking manner—“You’re all losers,” he said during his first full meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in July 2017. “You don’t know how to win anymore.”—so undermined his standing as commander in chief that, by the end of his term, the military was sick of him, with 2020 election polls showing a preference for Joe Biden among all ranks, an astonishing slippage in Trump’s support among a group that voted overwhelmingly for him four years prior. “I was really shocked by how many of my former colleagues voted for the former president and openly supported him,” said retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, who pointedly refused to mention Trump by name. “But when he [Trump] turned on the military, well, the military turned on him.” "
Lawsuit seeks to block counting of military ballots in Wisconsin
By Patrick Marley
November 5, 2022 at 11:34 a.m. EDT
Kimberly Zapata was deputy director of the Milwaukee Election Commission. She was fired after sending
falsely obtained military absentee ballots to the home of a Republican state lawmaker who has been
an outspoken critic of how the 2020 election was administered.
(Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via AP)
MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin lawmaker who has been a frequent promoter of false election claims is suing to prevent the immediate counting of military ballots in her state after she received three ballots under fake names.
The lawsuit .. https://thomasmoresociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/4-Waukesha-County-Circuit-Court-Memorandum-of-Law-Final-11-4-22.pdf , filed on Friday, was brought by a veterans group and three individuals, including Rep. Janel Brandtjen (R), the chairwoman of the State Assembly’s elections committee.
Last week, Brandtjen received three military ballots under fictitious names that were allegedly sent to her by Kimberly Zapata, a Milwaukee election official. Election officials have criticized Brandtjen for spreading false claims about the system, and Zapata later told prosecutors she was trying to alert Brandtjen about an actual weakness in the state’s voting system that should be addressed.
Days later Zapata was fired .. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/03/fake-ballots-military-wisconsin-milwaukee/?itid=lk_inline_manual_7 .. and charged with a felony .. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/04/election-2022-live-updates-biden-harris/#link-FVBANPAFVFG7HLPA5GRTSZO77Q?itid=lk_inline_manual_7 .. and three misdemeanors.
Unlike most states, Wisconsin allows military members to cast ballots without registering to vote or providing proof of residency. Military ballots make up a tiny fraction of votes in Wisconsin — about 1,400 so far for Tuesday’s election.
Brandtjen and the others are using the incident to argue that military ballots should not be counted unless election officials can show they complied with a state law requiring them to maintain lists of all eligible military voters.
Brandtjen’s attorney, Erick Kaardal of the conservative Thomas More Society, said state officials have handled elections in a way that is “conducive to vote fraud.”
Will Attig, director of the Union Veterans Council, expressed alarm at the attempt to prevent counting military ballots.
“These are service members defending our country that have the right to vote and their means to vote is by mail,” he said. “We’ve got what to me appears to be an orchestrated plan by election deniers who do not truly support our democracy.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/05/wisconsin-military-ballots-fraud-lawsuit/
Add -- Milwaukee Election Commission official Kimberly Zapata charged
with felony and misdemeanor counts over fraudulent military ballots
Zapata was fired by Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson this week after Johnson discovered she
had requested three military ballots and had them sent to the home of state Rep. Janel Brandtjen.
Daniel Bice Alison Dirr Molly Beck
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Nov. 4, 2022
[...]
The criminal complaint filed Friday states that Zapata told investigators she sent the ballots in the names of three fictitious military voters to make a point about the existence of fraud in the voting system — though she said this was not the same situation as people who are involved in conspiracy theories.
[...]
The complaint states that she wanted to redirect Brandtjen's focus "away from outrageous conspiracy theories and to something that is actually real."
P - It also states that "Zapata stated that she felt overwhelmed due to the threats of violence the Election Commission was receiving, in addition to the constant daily harassment and accusations of lying and hiding things. She stated she wanted the truth to come out so that they could focus on the actual problems."
P - Zapata ? whose duties as deputy included supervising registration and all aspects of absentee ballots ? also said she was trying to highlight flaws in the election system in an attempt to maintain election integrity, which is part of her job.
P - Military voters are not required to register before voting in an election and do not need to provide proof of identification or residence to request an absentee ballot, the complaint states. Like other voters, military voters can request an absentee ballot using the MyVote.wi.gov website.
P - What does the complaint say happened
P - The complaint states that Zapata went on the MyVote website from her home about 5:30 a.m. on Oct. 25 to create the fake voters, submitting three applications under three different names at randomly chosen addresses in Shorewood, South Milwaukee and Menomonee Falls.
P - She used her city-issued laptop for the applications and found Brandtjen's address in the state voter registration database that is administered by the Wisconsin Elections Commission and is only available to municipal employees. The site can only be accessed using a government-issued device and requires a username, password, PIN and thumbprint verification, the complaint states.
P - The only authorized use of the site is for official election work.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/04/milwaukee-city-election-official-expected-to-be-charged-friday/69618684007/
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