Elections Board Declines To Go After Rest Of Green's Money
Board Rejects Rescinding Previous Order
Updated: 4:07 pm CDT October 4, 2006
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BROOKFIELD, Wis. -- The state Elections Board voted on Wednesday not to order Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Green to get rid of an additional $775,000 in money that he raised as a U.S. congressman and transferred for his run for governor.Board member Robert Kasieta withdrew his motion that would have ordered Green to get rid of all but $43,000 of the nearly $1.3 million that he transferred in 2005.Kasieta said that he withdrew the motion in light of legal advice the board received during a 90-minute closed-door session.The board also turned down a request by the Republicans to reconsider its Aug. 30 vote ordering Green to give up $468,000.Green attorney Don Millis praised the board for refusing to take up the motion, but said that the campaign will file a petition with the state Supreme Court appealing the previous order as early as Thursday.Green's lawyer Scott Hansen had told the board on Wednesday that if its Aug. 30 decision was allowed to stand, it will call into question the legitimacy of the Nov. 7 election. Green is taking on Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle.Hansen said that if Green is forced to give up the money and Doyle wins, people will believe the election was rigged.A former Elections Board chairman currently working for the state Republican Party also appeared before the board. Steve Ponto said that the board's decision was contrary to its own precedent and was made on a partisan basis.
Previous Stories:
- October 3, 2006: Elections Board Wants $1M More A Year
- September 30, 2006: Green Drops Appeal So State Supreme Court Can Hear Case Faster
- September 30, 2006: Madison Lawyer Appointed To State Elections Board
- September 29, 2006: Hodan Resigns From State Elections Board Before Key Vote
- September 22, 2006: Investigation Into Elections Board Lobbying To Be Launched
- September 8, 2006: Green Appeals Elections Board Order To Return Donations
- September 4, 2006: Green To Challenge Elections Board Ruling
- August 30, 2006: Elections Board: Green Must Drop $400,000 From Campaign Fund
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