Green Bay Reporter

Green Bay City Council District 1 candidate Jennifer Grant is running on an election integrity platform in the April 5 election.

"Over the past year, it's gotten a little bit more involved within the city, and there was a lot of things that I saw happening throughout our city," Grant told the Green Bay Reporter. "A lot of people were concerned about the election integrity. I just wanted to do my part to get more involved. I am born and raised here, and I have three young kids that I'm raising here now. I just want to make sure Green Bay continues to be a safe and a great city to raise them."

"I think just a lot of what people are looking for is transparency, and a lot of times things aren't necessarily being answered clearly, and that causes a lot of people to ask questions and it's happened repeatedly. When we look back all the way to the spring 2020 election, when the polling locations went from the normal countdown to two and people were outside for over three hours, I know people left the line."

"Can I as a mother with children? Sometimes when you go to vote after work, you're on limited time. So I would have been super upset if I was waiting in line and then had to leave to go get my kids. And I think that's what started it. We heard more afterwards about the election being offered, but then turned down. So knowing that we could have had more polling locations or not polling locations necessarily, but help. There was supposed to be a National Guard to help vote at your car and that was not available for people. And then you had a ballot box was a big thing. Just it's a lot of things that people are questioning and I don't blame them. I think we all just deserve a little bit more clarity."

"I’m just really excited to be running. This is honestly something I never thought I would do. I don't have a political background, but I truly care about the city and I care about the future of it and the residents in it. I'm just hoping we can bring some positivity back to the city."

Grant, 35, is a fourth-generation Green Bay native who is a mother to three children. She has a decade of experience in finance. Grant has a bachelor of arts from Lakeland University. Her list of volunteer work in the city is extensive.

She is running on a campaign focused on crime, taxes, government accountability and city bonds.

In February, election observer Matt Roeser discovered the city had begun counting ballots prior to the oversight of observers.

City officials said they had made an error on the notice showing the time ballots would be counted. As a result, 900 ballots were counted without observation, according to FOX 11.

At a February meeting, Green Bay City Council members sparred over the problem.

"Today I lack confidence in our ability to conduct the remaining 2022 elections without incident," City Council President Jesse Brunette said.

The MacIver Institute reports the 2020 election in Wisconsin was rife with fraud. Election officials were sued on allegations that severely disabled nursing home residents had voted.

Green Bay was also one of the cities in Wisconsin that split $8.8 million in so-called "Zuckbucks" to facilitate local elections. The other cities were Milwaukee, Madison, Racine and Kenosha.