MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The fate of Wisconsin’s Elections and Ethics commission administrators may come down to a highly unusual and dramatic vote in the state Senate. Both administrators on Friday have refused to heed the call from Republican legislative leaders to resign amid fallout from a report into the now-closed investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign. Neither Elections administration Michael Haas nor Ethics administrator Brian Bell has been confirmed by the Senate. But both bipartisan boards have publicly backed them this week. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says if they don’t resign, he will schedule a vote next month to reject their confirmation. The law is unclear on what such a vote would mean. But at the very least, it would increase pressure for them to resign or for the boards to take action to comply with the will of the Senate.
