Grant County Clerk Named In Election Fraud Lawsuit

Grant County Clerk Tonya White is being named in a lawsuit filed in Grant County Court that alleges she violated open record laws. The case, which was filed in December 2021, is one of a half-dozen lawsuits filed in Wisconsin by Peter Bernegger, who is acting as his own attorney. A report says Bernegger belongs to a group of private citizens who claim to be searching for election fraud in the 2020 election. Then-President Donald Trump won Grant County with 55 percent of the vote. Bernegger has previously testified before a Wisconsin Assembly committee alleging voter fraud and was sanctioned by a Mississippi court for filing frivolous lawsuits. In addition to accusations of election fraud, Bernegger also claims that voting machines were illegally removed from the county after the election. White’s response denies that she violated open records law. She also denies that the voting machines left the county or were breached by unauthorized personnel.