Complaint could make up to 234K Wisconsin voters ineligible

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

More than a quarter-million voters in Wisconsin identified as having moved could be made ineligible to vote before next year's presidential primary election if a complaint filed Wednesday by a conservative law firm is successful.

The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty argues that the state Elections Commission broke the law when it decided to wait up to two years, rather than 30 days, to make ineligible voters who may have moved. The complaint asks for that decision to be immediately revoked, which could lead to as many as 234,000 voters losing their eligibility until they can confirm their addresses or re-register.

Last week, the commission mailed notices to 234,000 voters identified as potentially having moved. The multi-state Electronic Registration Information Center flagged those voters based on a review of documents from sources such as the Post Office and Division of Motor Vehicles that indicated the person may have moved.

Voters who do not respond to the postcard asking them to confirm their address will be flagged as movers. But instead of being made ineligible to vote 30 days after the mailing, they will have up to two years to confirm their addresses, based on a June vote by the commission.

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Fucking repubs can only win by putting their thumb on the scales.

[saidsimplesimon]

1. More dirty tricks from Republicans

The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, do we know who is funding them?

[dragonlady]

5. Funding from the Bradley Foundation

This was started by a founder of one of the major industries in Milwaukee. They have been involved with right-wing groups and candidates like Scott Walker since 1942. "According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 'from 2001 to 2009, it [Bradley] doled out nearly as much money as the seven Koch and Scaife foundations combined.' "

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. Wisconsin is the testing ground.

For all/most of their rotten schemes.

[SergeStorms]

6. They're doing rotten stuff like this....

all over the country. If they get away with this they'll disenfranchise those 3 million voters Hillary defeated Trump with, and manufacture a "landslide" victory for the crazy orange pus-wart in the White House.

Republicans can't win on an even playing field, so they do everything in their power to tilt the field in their direction. If we allow them to succeed democracy is dead in the U.S..

[groundloop]

10. Not to mention the fact that presidential elections have a built in repub bias.....

Studies have shown that the electoral college gives an automatic 0.5 to 1 percent bias to repub candidates.

[SergeStorms]

12. I read that the other day....

and my immediate reaction was, "why am I not surprised"?

[evertonfc]

3. hayseeds move too

This could hurt Trump voters too. I mean, my guess is conservatives move too. The only short term answer to these undemocratic games to limit voting is for every damn voter to make sure their ducks are in a row for 2020

[iluvtennis]

4. gop thugs can only win by voter suppression. Fingers crossed the complaint is thrown out. nt

[Dr. T]

7. My guess is that the Bradley Foundation did a study

that shows poor people and minorities move more often than the rich people who actually benefit from Rupuglican tax cuts.

[IronLionZion]

8. Younger people move more often, for school and jobs or a change of scenery

and people who work in jobs that require moving, like contracting/consulting work. These folks are often more liberal.

People who live in one place tend to be older and have established careers and own their houses, and tend to be more conservative.

[Firestorm49]

9. Remove voters who "may have moved".

Absurd. What is it, a guess?

[jayfish]

11. Who Edited This Story?

"The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty argues that the state Elections Commission broke the law when it decided to wait up to two years, rather than 30 days, to make ineligible voters who may have moved."

That is nearly indecipherable.

[forthemiddle]

13. Wisconsin has same day registration

I am missing why this is that big of a deal?

Wisconsin has same day registration, so if someone shows up to vote, and they had been erroneously removed from the polls, why can’t they just reregister?

What am I missing?

[FiveGoodMen]

14. "Fucking repubs can only win by putting their thumb on the scales"

Whose job is it to make sure they don't have their thumb on the scales?