Wisconsin officials held in contempt of court and fined for failure to purge voters

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Election officials in Wisconsin have been found in contempt of court after failing to remove thousands of voters from the state's rolls

Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, Judge Paul Malloy issued his decision against the six-member commission for not removing roughly 200,000 outdated registrations from the state's election rolls. Malloy is also ordering the three commissioners, who are Democrats, who voted against the removal to be fined $250 a day and the overall commission $50 a day unless they comply.

Read MoreThe tie meant that the commission would not take any action now and would"await further direction from the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Wisconsin," the commission said."When those courts provide direction, the Commission will hold another meeting to discuss action to comply with the ruling.

 

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