Wausau board: Mayor violated ethics policy when he removed ballot drop box

[RandySF]

The Wausau Ethics Board says the city’s mayor violated city policy when he carted away a ballot drop box that had been placed outside City Hall ahead of last November’s election.

In an unanimous vote Wednesday night, members of the appointed city board concluded Mayor Doug Diny broke the city ethics code when he removed the ballot drop box from public view and put it inside his locked office.

Specifically, the board concluded Diny had “exceeded his lawful authority.”

Diny chose to take the drop box, despite being advised by the city attorney that the city clerk — and not the mayor — has discretion over whether and how the city should use ballot drop boxes, the board noted.



https://www.wpr.org/news/wausau-board-mayor-violated-ethics-policy-removed-ballot-drop-box

[moniss]

1. When you get into northern Wisconsin like where

Wausau is we call that whole region Wississippi.