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Elections Commission Official Discusses the Voter Purge Laws

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

December 20, 2019

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State Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe discusses the voter purge lawsuit and appeal that came quickly following a ruling by an Ozaukee County Circuit Court. The ruling ordered the deactivation of over 200,000 registered Wisconsin voters flagged as having changed their address.

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