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Did Tom Tiffany vote to create the Wisconsin Elections Commission?

Matches stated record claim. He voted for the 2015 bill that reorganized the Government Accountability Board and set up the Elections Commission; it passed the Senate 18-14.

Tom Tiffany

Creating the Wisconsin Elections Commission

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What they say

In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said he was one of the lawmakers who voted to create the Wisconsin Elections Commission about a decade ago.

What the record shows ·

Assembly Bill 388 reorganized the Government Accountability Board, and the law it became sets up the Elections Commission. He voted for it in the Senate on November 6, 2015, where it passed 18-14. The governor signed it with a partial veto on December 16, 2015, as 2015 Wisconsin Act 118.

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  1. WISN 12 debate, October 21: Tiffany on the Elections Commissionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vbWiJMwu0&t=2431s

    WISN 12 · Published Oct 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    40:31. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

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  2. 2015 Assembly Bill 388, reorganizing the Government Accountability Boardhttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/proposals/ab388

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Senate concurred as amended 18-14 on 2015-11-06; approved by the Governor with partial veto on 2015-12-16 as 2015 Wisconsin Act 118. Tiffany is not among its authors or cosponsors.

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  3. 2015 Senate vote 178, AB 388 concurrencehttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/related/votes/senate/sv0178

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    2015-11-06. Concurred 18-14. Tiffany: Aye.

    official legislative record

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  4. 2015 Wisconsin Act 118https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/related/acts/118

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Enacted 2015-12-16. Creates s. 5.025 (elections commission defined) and s. 15.61, the Elections Commission.

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