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Voucher Backers Illegally Funnel Money
A suit by the State Elections Board of Wisconsin has accused voucher supporters of illegally funneling money into the Wisconsin Supreme Court campaign of Justice Jon Wilcox.
Pickens and Wigderson have argued that the Coalition’s campaign was a neutral effort to get out the vote. But Terry Kohler, a well-known GOP activist in Wisconsin whose company contributed $30,000 to the effort, told Justice Department investigators the purpose of the Coalition’s campaign was to help elect Wilcox.
Out-of-state donations accounted for 85% of the cash used to finance 345,000 postcards and 250,000 phone calls on the Supreme Court election.
The single largest contribution, $34,500, came from the American Education Reform Foundation, a nationwide pro-voucher group based in Milwaukee.
According to The Wisconsin State Journal, contributors to the Wisconsin Coalition for Voter Participation included:
American Education Reform Foundation (AERF): $34,500</p
