Wisconsin GOP Ousts Elections Agency Chief—Good Riddance

Michael Haas ousted as Wisconsin elections chief

Madison, Wisconsin—Good news out of Wisconsin as a state bureaucrat, Michael Haas who does not understand the powerful, affirmative right to vote in this state, has been ousted as the state Elections administrator.

The state senate Republicans justified the action by making liberty claims concerning John Doe public integrity probes.

"The Wisconsin Senate voted Tuesday to oust leaders of the bipartisan state agencies charged with running elections and overseeing ethics laws, the latest move by Republicans to exact revenge on anyone connected with a now-closed investigation into Gov. Scott Walker and other conservatives," reports Scott Bauer, (AP).

There is little doubt this act by the Republican-led state senate is an act of political retaliation.

But there is little doubt that the now-defunct John Doe statute was an over-the-top mechanism to probe public integrity crimes.

Even less doubt exists that Haas sees his job as flacking for municipal election clerks who obstruct voting rights, an increasingly common occurrence in Wisconsin.
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A victim of voter obstruction, Mal Contends on Aug 9, 2016, was obstructed from voting for a full 35 minutes on a ridiculous pretext in Fitchburg, Wisconsin.

I have spoken with, and engaged in email conversations with Haas numerous times and the only tangible move from Haas is his suggestion that as an option I vote absentee to avoid hostile poll workers.

I should not have to vote absentee; Haas' suggestion that I vote absentee avoids the question I posed asking why Fitchburg poll workers feel empowered to obstruct voters with whom they have an animus.

Good riddance.