When three Racine women wanted to register voters in Caledonia, they were told they couldn't by Village Clerk Karie Torkilsen.
Now, two of those women have filed complaints with the Government Accountability Board and a third will likely be filed this week.
Over the past few months, Nikki Aiello; Jane Witt, chair for the Democratic Party of Racine County; and Kathleen Laru had already been certified and deputized to register voters in the City of Racine, and the village of Mt. Pleasant and Sturtevant. But on separate occasions, they each went to turn in their applications to Torkilsen, who allegedly refused to deputize them when they came into Caledonia Village Hall.
Witt said she requested to be sworn in early January.
“(Torkilsen) said, ‘I don’t want everyone registering people all over the place, I don’t have control over this process’ and she refused to swear me in,” Witt said. “I was floored."
Mt. Pleasant Patch: Complaints Over Voter Registration Filed Against Caledonia Clerk
Now, two of those women have filed complaints with the Government Accountability Board and a third will likely be filed this week.
Over the past few months, Nikki Aiello; Jane Witt, chair for the Democratic Party of Racine County; and Kathleen Laru had already been certified and deputized to register voters in the City of Racine, and the village of Mt. Pleasant and Sturtevant. But on separate occasions, they each went to turn in their applications to Torkilsen, who allegedly refused to deputize them when they came into Caledonia Village Hall.
Witt said she requested to be sworn in early January.
“(Torkilsen) said, ‘I don’t want everyone registering people all over the place, I don’t have control over this process’ and she refused to swear me in,” Witt said. “I was floored."
Mt. Pleasant Patch: Complaints Over Voter Registration Filed Against Caledonia Clerk
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