State ex rel. Block v. Circuit Court for Dane County

¶ 14. (dissenting). " 'Absent a constitutional infirmity, courts must apply statutes as they are written, unless to do so would lead to an absurd result that did not reflect the legislature's intent.'" Cavey v. Walrath, 229 Wis. 2d 105, 111, 598 N.W.2d 240, 243 (Ct. App. 1999) (quoted source omitted). In my view, the statutory provisions here are clear, and accordingly, I respectfully dissent.

¶ 15. Wisconsin Stat. § 5.05(l)(b) permits the Elections Board "upon notice to the party or parties being investigated, [to] subpoena and bring before it any person in the state and require the…