Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Chris Taylor was caught Tuesday committing a misdemeanor crime by recording a campaign video within 100 feet of a polling place in Madison, the Heartland Post can report exclusively.
Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Chris Taylor was caught Tuesday recording a campaign video within 100 feet of a polling place in Madison during voting hours, violating state electioneering laws on Election Day, The Heartland Post can report exclusively.
A photo provided to The Heartland Post shows Taylor filming a get-out-the vote video just outside the entrance to a building containing a polling site on Madison’s east side. Wisconsin law strictly prohibits electioneering, which is defined as any action intended to influence voting, on public property within 100 feet of a polling place entrance while polls are open. Violators face misdemeanor charges punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Wis. Stat. 12.03(2)(b)(1) expressly provides that “no person may engage in electioneering during polling hours on any public property on Election Day within 100 feet of an entrance to a building containing a polling place.”
Electioneering is defined in Wis. Stat. 12.03(4) as “any activity which is intended to influence voting at an election.”
Taylor, a Court of Appeals judge and former Democratic state Assembly member running against conservative Judge Maria Lazar, was clearly engaged in campaign activity designed to rally supporters and affect turnout on a critical Election Day.
No immediate comment was available from Taylor’s campaign or Madison authorities on whether an investigation would follow.
