MADISON, Wis. — All three election workers in a Wisconsin town of about 800 residents resigned last week over a long-running dispute, just before the start of in-person absentee voting in the crucial swing state and a month before the Nov. 5 election.
Last week, an interim secretary was appointed to oversee elections in the central Wisconsin town of Westfield, where 538 people cast ballots in the 2020 presidential election. President Joe Biden won Wisconsin in 2020 by just under 21,000 votes , but lost in Westfield by 137 votes.
Courtney Trimble, deputy clerk in Marquette County, where Westfield is located, will take on the job temporarily This was reported by the Wisconsin State Journal Wednesday.
“I’ve been a city manager,” Trimble told the State Journal, referring to her previous work in neighboring Packwaukee. “I am now an election specialist for the entire province, so I know very well how elections work. I am confident that I can train election workers, even in a short period of time. I have no worries.”
Trimble said six volunteers stepped forward after she was appointed, and several others previously volunteered following her resignation earlier this week.
The dispute that led to the resignation is part of a long-standing local dispute surrounding a former city council chairman who lost a recall election last month, the State Journal reported.