Harry Wait — of Union Grove, Wisconsin and the president of a group called Honest, Open and Transparent Government — was charged with two counts of election fraud and two counts of unauthorized use of an individual’s personal identifying information, according to state officials.
“The Wisconsin Department of Justice is committed to ensuring that the integrity of our elections is protected from alleged intentional violations of the law,” Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul said in a statement announcing the charges.
In an interview with CNN on Thursday, Wait said he was still digesting the criminal complaint but said the charges were expected. He stood by his actions.
“The only way to fix our broken election system is to expose it,” Wait said.
He called the online MyVote system overseen by the Wisconsin Elections Commission a “rogue site.”
In a statement, the commission said it “stands by the integrity of the MyVote application” and added that “all forms of voting in Wisconsin, including by-mail absentee, are secure and reliable.”