Election fraud taskforce expanded, includes local DA

MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – Eleven district attorneys, including Marathon County DA Ken Heimerman, have agreed to serve on a state task force that helps prosecute election fraud.

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen expanded the task force that routinely seeks charges for election law violations in Milwaukee.

Van Hollen, a Republican, says the group will try to create a uniform statewide enforcement of laws against registration fraud, voting twice, and voting while still on probation-or-parole as a convicted felon.

Local law enforcement and prosecutors will continue to receive complaints, Van Hollen said, but the Justice Department could help investigate and prosecute violations on a case-by-case basis.

Van Hollen says some counties do not make those crimes a priority – and it might be because they’re under-staffed, or they’re not familiar with the state’s election laws.