Milwaukee officials defend local election control ahead of midterms

Vice President JD Vance and Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson offered sharply different views on election integrity during Vance's visit to Milwaukee earlier this month, as local officials prepare for November's midterm election now less than 100 days away. Vance raised questions about election fraud during his visit. "So when I hear a guy protesting out of nowhere, 'I did not do any election fraud, I did not do any election fraud.' It makes me wonder, why is that guy protesting so aggressively? It's a little odd," Vance said. Johnson pushed back on those concerns. "Across this country, certainly in the city of Milwaukee, we take elections very seriously," Johnson said. Tammy Baldwin and Johnson toured Milwaukee's central count facility — the location where all early absentee ballots are opened, processed, checked and counted on Election Day — to make the point that local elections should be run by local officials without federal interference.

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