No Charges for Mayor's Ballot Box Move

0:00Wasel's mayor Doug Dining grabbed headlines when he hauled off an absentee ballot drop box from outside City Hall, back in September 2024. Right before the election kicked off with no votes inside yet, a special prosecutor just dropped the news this week, no charges coming his way. He even posed for photos and a hard hat and work loves like it was a construction job. The box stayed locked up tight, empty of any ballots, even as voters started getting their absentee ones in the mail. The city's ethics board called him out back in October for breaking local rules on conduct. Wisconsin's Justice Department checked it out too, and saw no grounds for criminal action. Republican district attorney Eric Tony stepped in a special prosecutor. He's eyeing a run against the attorney general in 2026. He concluded there's no way to prove charges beyond reasonable doubt since the box had zero ballots, stayed sealed, and didn't qualify as an official. Ballet box understay law. It's more like a multi-use drop for payments and such, not polling place gear.

1:01Dining ran on ditching these drop boxes, polling Republican support despite the non-partisan gig, and now this chapter wraps without courtroom drama. That's your update from Canada News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story.