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https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/59/ramthun/media/1351/eastman-memo-final-draft.pdf

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December 30, 2021

Representative Timothy Ramthun

Wisconsin State Assembly

409 North, State Capitol

P.O. Box 8953

Madison, WI 53708

Re: Decertification of Elector Votes

Dear Representative Ramthun:

You have asked me to provide an opinion letter addressing whether a state legislature has the constitutional authority to decertify previously certified electoral votes for a candidate for the office of President of the United States upon a definitive showing of illegality and/or fraud sufficient to have altered the results of the election.

analysis which follows. And I want

legally necessary for the

legislature to re-assume its plenary authority over the appointment of presidential electors, I do

think it is politically necessary, or at least strongly advised as a matter of prudent statesmanship...

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John Eastman wrote another 'election subversion memo' — this time for Wisconsin: report

Alex Henderson February 08, 2022

Throughout much of U.S. history, the types of things that Republican attorney and Donald Trump ally John C. Eastman did following the 2020 presidential election would have been unthinkable. Eastman wrote an infamous memo in which he laid out a plan for overturning the election results and keeping now-President Joe Biden, who legitimately won the election, out of the White House.

Now, according to Rolling Stone’s Washington, D.C bureau chief, Andy Kroll, Eastman is arguing for decertifying the election results in Wisconsin. And one of the far-right MAGA Republicans who is very much in favor of that is Wisconsin State Rep. Timothy Ramthun.

In an article published by Rolling Stone on February 6, Kroll reports, “Nowhere is this crusade to subvert the 2020 election result more on display than in Wisconsin. Even though Republicans there do not control all the levers of power — the governor, Tony Evers, is a Democrat — they have launched a multi-front effort to cast doubt on the 2020 election, intimidate local officials, and, in Ramthun’s case, throw out the state’s presidential-election result.”

Kroll notes that Ramthun is not universally loved by Republicans in Wisconsin.

“In Wisconsin, as in other states, the energy in the conservative movement burns hottest among those voters who believe the Republican-controlled Legislature should empower people like Ramthun and throw out Biden’s 2020 victory,” Kroll explains. “Moderate Republicans have responded by ostracizing Ramthun or blasting their party’s descent into a post-fact cult of conspiracy theorists.”

But Ramthun, according to Kroll, has an ally in Eastman.

“Ramthun…. received aneight-page analysis from John Eastman, the same lawyer who wrote the infamous memos arguing for how (Vice President Mike) Pence could overturn the election result on January 6, 2021,” Kroll writes. “Eastman’s memo for Ramthun, dated December 30, 2021, argues that if there was ‘acknowledged illegality’ in an election, then the result of that election was rendered null and the State Legislature had the power to pick the electors ‘as it sees fit.’”

Kroll interviewed Evers for his article, and the Democratic Wisconsin governor lamented that MAGA Republicans in his state have been tireless in their assault on voting rights.

Evers told Kroll, “This is an all-hands-on-deck moment here. If I weren’t able to veto bills without the Republicans overriding my veto, we’d be Georgia right now. We’d be Texas. We’d be Arizona.”

Kroll warns that the MAGA campaign against voting rights in Wisconsin will only grow worse if Evers isn’t reelected in the 2022 midterms.

“The threat to democracy in Wisconsin isn’t coming from a lawless election commission, hacked voting machines, or illegal ballots coming out of nursing homes,” Kroll writes. “It comes from a political party that united around suspicions and lies, and sought to bend reality to its will. Wisconsin is more than a laboratory for new policies and bold ideas; it’s a trial for whether democracy can survive at all.”

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/20/robin-vos-strips-vocal-denier-2020-election-outcome-staffer/6591998001/

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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos disciplines GOP lawmaker who is the most vocal denier of 2020 election outcome

Molly Beck

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Rep. Timothy Ramthun, R-Campbellsport, listens to testimony.]

MADISON – The Republican leader of the state Assembly on Thursday placed sanctions on one of his members who has for more than a year falsely claimed former President Trump won the 2020 election in Wisconsin and has proposed legislation to pull back Wisconsin's electoral votes, which is impossible.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos stripped Rep. Timothy Ramthun of Campbellsport of his only staffer after Ramthun falsely accused Vos of signing a deal with attorneys for former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to authorize ballot drop boxes, according to Vos's office.

Vos told reporters Thursday that no one agrees with Ramthun’s claim that Wisconsin can revoke the 10 electoral votes it delivered to President Joe Biden more than a year ago. He said an election review he authorized last summer is aimed at changing how future elections are conducted.

“There are some who believe — there's one who believes — that we somehow have the right (to withdraw electoral votes) even though every lawyer that we have worked with in Wisconsin says we cannot undo the 2020 elections, “ Vos said. “You know, Rep. Ramthun has that belief. That’s his right. But I think that what we're focusing on is not the past. We are looking at the past to learn from it.”

Ramthun did not return a phone call from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

More: A who's who guide to the Republican review of Wisconsin's 2020 presidential election]

Intra-party tension exposed

The move underscores the tension between Vos and members of his caucus who do not believe Vos is doing enough to litigate the outcome of the 2020 election, despite the ongoing taxpayer-funded election review Vos authorized in 2021.

It sparked a backlash from some within a contingent in the Wisconsin Republican base who believe Vos, who is a conservative Republican, is not conservative enough.

More: Wisconsin Republican leader Robin Vos is caught in the middle over the election probe as he faces criticism from the left and right]

Jonathan Wichmman, a political newcomer running for the Republican nomination for governor, called for Vos to resign and called the move to discipline Ramthun "a declaration of war."

"Robin Vos is doing this as a power play to keep every other Assembly rep from going against him," Wichmann said in an interview with Justin Schmidtka, host of the Badger State Resistance Podcast. "We need to clean house."

Jonathan Wichmann, a 2022 candidate for Wisconsin governor

In response, Vos downplayed the number of people who support Wichmann.

“Mr. Wichmann, I think he's probably — what? — at one percent,” Vos told reporters. “He has the right to say whatever he wants, but I will stand with my colleagues. I think I'm in pretty good shape. I think most people appreciate what we're doing and that we need to focus on the future, not on trying to decertify the election and focus on the past.”

Assembly Republican leaders released a statement Thursday backing Vos and denouncing Ramthun's theories as misinformation.

"The word 'misinformation' is too often used in today’s political discourse as a way to completely discount your opponent’s position. However, adhering to the true sense of the word, Rep. Ramthun and his staffer are spreading misinformation," the leaders said.

Ramthun proposed a resolution on Tuesday that would "reclaim" the state's 10 Wisconsin electoral votes, which the Legislature's own attorneys has determined to be impossible. In a taped statement, Ramthun also called on the public to demand lawmakers take action on the resolution.

Ramthun has released a series of videos taped from his legislative office in the state Capitol detailing theories about the 2020 election and how, in his view, it was incorrectly called for Biden. His staffer Tristan Johannes produced the videos and at times appeared in them.

More: Wisconsin Republican invokes the QAnon theme as he seeks private funding for an Arizona-style election audit]

Ramthun has long called for lawmakers to move to overturn the election results despite there being no mechanism to do so and has largely been ignored by legislative leaders, with Vos once dismissing it as a "talking point of the far left and far right."

On Tuesday, Vos also publicly questioned the authority members of his own caucus who lead the Assembly's elections committee. He told reporters that committee chairwoman Rep. Janel Brandtjen of Menomonee Falls did not have power to sign a contract with a lawyer who is helping her fight a lawsuit over the Assembly's partisan review of the 2020 election.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, left, and Rep. Janel Brandtjen, right.]

“He has no contract with the Legislature,” Vos said of the attorney. “The committee can't sign one. … There's no contract.”

Vos last summer hired former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman to review the presidential election at a cost of $676,000 to taxpayers on behalf of Assembly Republicans.

Recounts and court rulings found Joe Biden beat Donald Trump by nearly 21,000 votes in Wisconsin. Independent reviews have found no signs of widespread voter fraud.

Ramthun has criticized the Gableman review and called on Vos and Assembly leadership to do more but has been rebuffed before.

When Ramthun issued a similar proposal in November to pull back electoral votes, Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke said Ramthun's proposal was not based in law.

"I’ve always encouraged our members to have a full understanding of the law before putting out bills or resolutions," he said in a statement at the time.

Patrick Marley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contributed to this report.

Contact Molly Beck at molly.beck@jrn.com. Follow her on Twitter at @MollyBeck.

timothy S. Ramthun (born March 13, 1957) is an American consultant and politician, currently serving in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Hartford, Kewaskum, and neighboring towns of Calumet, Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, and Washington counties. He was first elected in 2018.

Background

Ramthun was born and raised in Kewaskum, Wisconsin. After high school, Ramthun obtained various certifications in technology and business management, and worked as abusiness management consultant. Ramthun was elected to the Kewaskum Board of Education and served as President of the board for two years.^[1]

Political office

His first attempt at election to the Wisconsin State Assembly was in 2014, when he ran in the Republican primary to replace Daniel LeMahieu, but was defeated by Jesse Kremer.^[2] Four years later, in 2018, Kremer chose not to run for re-election and Ramthun again entered the Republican primary. This time he prevailed over the Republican field and went on to win the general election without opposition.^[3]

2020 presidential election

After Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election and Donald Trump refused to concede while making false claims of fraud, Ramthun solicited private donations to conduct an audit of the presidential election results in Wisconsin.^[4] Ramthun released a video that he titled, "The Calm Before the Storm", a phrase used in association with QAnon, a baseless conspiracy theory that contends the government is controlled by a cabal of Satanist pedophiles.^[4] Ramthun in November 2021 introduced a joint resolution in which the legislature would rescind certification of the 2020 election results and "reclaim" Wisconsin's electoral votes.

The motion was praised by Trump (who urged a member of the State Senate to co-sponsor the motion), but condemned nationally. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke, a fellow Republican, said the Assembly would not act on the resolution, since the attorneys of the nonpartisan Wisconsin Legislative Council agreed that there is no way in the law to do such a thing and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (also a Republican) rejecting the idea as a "talking point of the far left and far right."^[5]

References

^ Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (2019). "State Legislators" (PDF). Wisconsin Blue Book 2019-2020 (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-7333817-0-3. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
^ "Four Republicans vie for LeMahieu's seat". The Sheboygan Press. August 4, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
^ Canvass Results for 2018 General Election - 11/6/2018 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. February 2, 2019. p. 23. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
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^ Beck, Molly (November 19, 2021). "A Wisconsin Republican drew praise from Trump for his call to decertify the 2020 vote. Here's why that won't happen". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Was an honor student holding a 3.98 GPA in pursuit of a college degree in marketing and business management, and left for a position as a Research Assistant for State Representative Timothy Ramthun. I am also a candidate running for School Board at Hartford Junction #1.

I’m a single full time father with a ton of job experience, humble beginnings in a small town working at 12 years of age delivering the newspaper and working in the family restaurant. Ive been independent since 17 years of age and have travelled all across Wisconsin working in many different towns and jobs trying to find my calling. From working the restaurant to a tree farm, I became a service technician, then dabbled in insurance for a few years, released medical records for hospitals, sold lawn care door to door, and made my way into the printing industry at a factory. I was an auto mechanic for a while, and have been a bartender as long as I can remember, but found my stride in doing charity events I coordinated and executed myself, alongside my daughter.

I have a passion for history and a drive to make a difference in the community. I often times read and study self help and leadership development material that I truly feel reflects in every endeavor I am involved in. Since I’ve done such a wide range of things, I’m hoping to carry my experiences, problem solving skills, creativity, leadership and new found love for marketing and politics into a career where I know I can make the biggest difference for the future. I’m determined to blaze a trail forward to leave the world a better place for our children before I have to leave it.

My name is Tristan Johannes, and I want you to know that you can “Trust in Tristan” because I will always do all I can to preserve our values, and adapt to change that reflects what matters most to everyone. I dream of a world where my every action helps the community, solves tough problems, and insures a better future.

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