Evers vetoes bill regulating private election grants
Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would prohibit local election commissions from accepting private money to help cover costs. The guv said he vetoed AB 173 because the state’s election laws are so robust that private funds do not threaten the integrity of the election process. The bill would have required the state Elections Commission to accept private funds and distribute them to local, county and municipal election commissions, instead. Evers added the state’s election laws already provide transparency for how local governments spend funds from private election-related grants and election officials must always run elections according to law,