Three Racine women can now register voters in the Village of Caledonia, after two of them filed complaints with state’s Government Accountability Board regarding Village Clerk Karie Torkilsen's initial refusal to certify them as special registration deputies. The women, Jane Witt, Nikki Aiello and Kathleen Laru, were sworn in by Torkilsen on Friday morning.
Under state law, any voter can register fellow citizens to vote as long as they have been sworn in as a special registration deputy. To become a deputy residents must receive special training. Up until last year a citizen could receive that training through the GAB, which would then certify them to register voters throughout the state.
Witt and Laru filed complaints against Torkilsen after seeing a letter from the GAB that said an elector may file a complaint against a clerk who refuses to train them to be a deputy or appoint them to be a deputy.
Journal Times: Following complaints, Racine women now deputized to register voters in Caledonia
Under state law, any voter can register fellow citizens to vote as long as they have been sworn in as a special registration deputy. To become a deputy residents must receive special training. Up until last year a citizen could receive that training through the GAB, which would then certify them to register voters throughout the state.
Witt and Laru filed complaints against Torkilsen after seeing a letter from the GAB that said an elector may file a complaint against a clerk who refuses to train them to be a deputy or appoint them to be a deputy.
Journal Times: Following complaints, Racine women now deputized to register voters in Caledonia
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