City of Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The Wisconsin Elections Commission dismissed a complaint against Green Bay and City Clerk Celestine Jeffreys related to a 2024 aldermanic race.
David VanderLeest filed the complaint regarding the outcome of the District 6 race, which Steven Campbell lost by 15 votes.
The complaint alleged the city “abused their discretion and acted contrary to law by accepting non-secure ballot bags without matching tamper evident seal serial numbers during a recount of the 2024 Spring Election held on April 12 for the sixth aldermanic district of Green Bay.”
In a 12-page decision, issued Tuesday, the panel rejected the claims.
“In short, the Commission finds that the Complainant did not show probable cause to believe that a violation of law or abuse of discretion occurred with relation to the Respondents’ actions during the recount. Many of the statutes cited by the Complainant are either irrelevant or do not say what he claims they do. More importantly, many of the Complainant’s allegations appear to be entirely speculative in nature, underpinned by vague assertions that the election procedures were generally not followed and that the results of the election accordingly should be thrown out. The Complainant appears to ultimately disagree with the results of an election and recount, but that disagreement cannot support speculative allegations entirely divorced from Wisconsin election law,” the decision states.
The ruling can be appealed to the circuit court.
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