One resolution was submitted during the 09/21/2022 Common Council meeting by Alderpersons Denise Fenton (District 6), Vered Meltzer (District 2), and Alex Schultz (District 9).
Resolution 11-R-22 is “a resolution in support of the City Clerk and staff and citizen election inspectors to administer free and fair elections.”
If passed as written it would recognize the 2020 general election as “safe, secure, and accessible during the Covid-19 pandemic”, speak out against those in our society who “have attempted to bully, threaten, and undermine election administrators”, reaffirm the Common Council’s “conviction that nonpartisan election officials like our City Clerk and local election inspectors are best equipped to preside over free and fair elections, and should do so without the fear of threats and intimidation”, and express the Council’s opposition to “any future attempts to seize power over elections from municipal clerks to grant it to any partisan entity.”
It finished up by resolving “that the Common Council of the City of Appleton expresses full confidence in our City Clerk, citizen election inspectors, and Wisconsin’s system of bipartisan election administration,” as well as resolving that they “support our friends and neighbors who serve as election inspectors and local election officials, including our City Clerk and city staff.”
The resolution has been referred to the Safety and Licensing Committee.
[I’m not sure what the value is in spending time on this resolution. It seems like a nice card to City Clerk Kami Lynch and her staff thanking them for their service would accomplish much the same thing.]
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