The union Madison Teachers Inc. on Nov. 10 sought documents under the open records law that would show who had voted so far in the election that ran from Nov. 4 to Nov. 24.
On June 16, the commission’s chairman, James Scott, denied the request, saying the ballots were in the hands of a contractor who runs the elections for the commission and arguing the interests of “avoiding the potential for voter coercion while balloting is ongoing outweigh the interests favoring disclosure.” Scott also contended releasing the records would undermine the secrecy of the ballot because non-votes are considered “no” votes.
Doug Erickson follows up.
Much more on Madison Teachers, Inc. and Act 10, here.
Meanwhile, Madison has long tolerated disastrous reading results.