Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear arguments in voter rolls and voter ID cases

[RandySF]

MADISON - The state Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday about whether to remove more than 100,000 people from the voter rolls because they may have moved, but no one is sure how accurate the list is.

State officials have said they know the list contains errors, but not how many.

Those trying to take people off the list say they believe the list is largely accurate and anyone wrongly removed from the voting rolls could easily re-register to vote. Meanwhile, one recent analysis of the list contends thousands of people on it didn't actually move.

The stakes in the case are high, but probably not for the Nov. 3 presidential election. Attorneys on both sides do not expect the court to rule until after then, which would mean the ruling would affect only how the state handles the rolls for future elections.

Also Tuesday, the court will hear arguments over when voters are considered indefinitely confined — a definition that has taken on importance because those voters can receive absentee ballots without first showing a photo ID. The issue has become salient this year because voters are increasingly turning to absentee ballots because of the coronavirus pandemic.




https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/09/28/wisconsin-supreme-court-hear-arguments-voter-rolls-voter-id/3555015001/

[pandr32]

1. How terrible would it be to leave the list alone?

If people move and register elsewhere they'll vote there.