Elections Commission Decides To Keep Leader – Despite Senate Vote

One Republican member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission joined three Democrats on a vote to keep interim administrator Michael Haas on the job through April.  The Senate voted Tuesday to reject his confirmation and that of Ethics Commission Administrator Brian Bell.  Haas has been given the option of remaining with the elections commission as an attorney at a lower salary.  Elections Commission chairman Mark Thomsen characterized the ouster of Haas as a witch-hunt.