by Fredreka Schouten
Kaardal, a Minnesota attorney and self-described “neo-populist,” was one of three witnesses at the Wednesday hearing, part of an ongoing series of investigations into the last election. Two other witnesses, pointing to the surge of new voters in 2020, urged investigators to study their data and told them of the ongoing, grass-roots effort to identify “phantom voters” by going door to door and seeing whether people whose ballot was cast last year actually cast it.
“Every legitimate application was approved, which is one reason why federal courts and state governments like the Wisconsin Election Commission have dismissed these frivolous challenges,” Tiana Epps-Johnson, the CTCL's executive director, said in a statement to The Trailer. “Over half of all grants nationwide went to election departments that serve fewer than 25,000 registered voters.
“By saying that they're going to provide van service to people of color and not other people — that's racist,” said Kaardal, citing a funding plan for rides to the polls in Kenosha. “It's discrimination. It's like, really? I mean, really? You took private money with the intention of doing that. What were you thinking?”