GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Public records relating to the city of Green Bay’s handling of last year’s elections are now available online as an Appleton lawmaker has renewed his call for Green Bay’s mayor to resign.
The city posted documents that have been released as part of open records requests, as well as some records that no one specifically requested.
The city accused critics of making “false statements” regarding how the 2020 elections were handled.
One of those critics, State Sen. Roger Roth, R-Appleton, issued a statement Friday saying the city’s records showed “a pattern of access and influence from outside, partisan actors,” despite Mayor Eric Genrich’s insistence that the elections were handled properly.
One of Roth’s arguments centers around Michael Spitzer-Rubenstein, a former Democratic operative, who was working for the Vote at Home Institute. He helped the city with the election as part of a $1.6 million grant from the Center for Tech and Civic Life.
A city document a resident obtained through an open records request shows Spitzer-Rubenstein was assigned to guide the arrival of absentee ballots to the central count operations at KI Convention Center the morning of the election. From there, he is listed as helping supervise the operations.
On Thursday, Genrich, a former Democratic state representative, told FOX 11 that no one from outside city government touched any ballots. However, recently retired Brown County Clerk Sandy Juno, a Republican, testified at a Republican-led hearing at the state Capitol Wednesday that Spitzer-Rubenstein was touching ballots.
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