Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on Thursday filed a lawsuit on behalf of Meagan Wolfe, whom the state Senate has just voted along party lines to fire.
Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe poses for a photograph outside the Wisconsin Capitol building, Aug. 31, 2020, in Madison, Wis.Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on Thursday filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state's nonpartisan elections chief, Meagan Wolfe, whom the state Senate has just voted along party lines to fire.
Kaul argued that the 22-11 vote in the Republican-led chamber has "no legal effect" and that Wolfe "is lawfully holding over" in her position as Wisconsin's elections commission administrator.Copyright © 2023 ABC News Internet Ventures.
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