‘Trust in our elections’: Keep Our Republic meets with skeptical crowd during discussion on electoral process in Waukesha Tuesday

May 15, 2024 | Isabella Kostolni | The Freeman

WAUKESHA — For over two and a half hours on Tuesday evening, room N133 at UWM at Waukesha was abuzz with passionate discourse. The theme was the Wisconsin electoral process in an event titled “Trust In Our Elections: A Community Conversation” hosted by nonpartisan nonprofit civic education organization Keep Our Republic.

The event featured a panel of five experts: Waukesha City Clerk Sara Spencer, Mukwonago City Clerk Diana Dykstra, Waukesha County Clerk Meg Wartman, Milwaukee County Elections Director Michelle Hawley, and Kyle Weber of Election Systems & Software. Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe was originally scheduled as a panelist, but was unable to attend.

Moderator Kathy Bernier, KOR’s Wisconsin state director, opened by discussing election denialism. …