Wisconsin Supreme Court to revisit ruling that banned most ballot drop boxes

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Source: NBC News

May 12, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT


The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Monday in a pivotal case that will determine the future of absentee ballot drop boxes in the battleground state’s elections. The case will give the court’s liberal majority the opportunity to reverse a ruling the court made less than two years ago — when conservatives held the majority — that significantly reduced the number of absentee ballot drop boxes in the state.

If the court’s current 4-3 liberal majority overturns that ruling, it could result in a return of the widespread use of absentee ballot drop boxes for the upcoming presidential election.

Democrats and progressives in the state filed numerous briefs in the case urging the court to overturn its 2022 decision. Conservative groups and the Wisconsin Republican Party have filed several briefs in support of upholding the current rules regarding drop boxes.

“They make voting more accessible and possible for people. That’s the reason we support it,” said Jay Heck, the executive director of Common Cause Wisconsin, the state’s branch of the national nonpartisan government watchdog group. Common Cause Wisconsin filed an amicus brief in the case pushing for the 2022 ruling to be overturned. “Despite worries and claims by election deniers and conspiracy theorists, drop boxes were not used for any nefarious purpose like they’ve claimed,” he said.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/wisconsin-supreme-court-ballot-drop-boxes-rcna151422

[Talitha]

1. Wahoooooo!!!!!

[Grins]

2. From the link...

"Wisconsin GOP Chairman Brian Schimming...said his worries about returning to a wider use of drop boxes included “the possibility for hijinks” by Democrats and “the security of drop boxes,” but that “our primary concern here is that the law gets reversed.”

There are no, as in ZERO, "hijinks" involving drop-boxes. Or voting by mail. The "hijinks" are Republicans claiming there are.

See also, "2000 Mules," a Reich-wing scam of a 'documentary' wherein the backers and producers, facing real time in a Georgia prison, had to admit in court - they had no evidence! It was all a scam to fleece to the rubes who will tithe a portion of their meager earnings to anyone who will validate their ignorance of government.

(And no; they didn't refund the money to the malignant baboons who paid to see their lies and unquestioningly believed them.)

[GB_RN]

5. 2000 Mules...

Another lie-filled scam from pathological liar and scam artist, Dinesh D’Souza. He was fired from his job as president of some Christian college, as a result of having an affair (with his secretary, I think). He produced a similar lie-filled piece of shit about Obama.

If he wasn’t a citizen, I’d say deport his ass, post haste. As it is, I’m still tempted to wanna dump his useless ass somewhere outside the country.

[MOMFUDSKI]

3. They better revisit and

reinstate!

[CrispyQ]

4. To update an old saying, "If voting didn't matter, why do republicans work so hard to keep you from voting?" -nt

[PortTack]

6. Liberal leaning court will store ballot drop boxes...as it should be

[Traurigkeit]

7. restore

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8. Heaven forbid we make voting easier.