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In reply to the discussion: Emails Suggest Walker Aides Ran Illegal Vote-Purging Scheme [View all]sybylla
(8,655 posts)You weren't trying to create a scenario in which their eligibility to vote could be challenged at the polls. The assumption was, when we went through the recall petitions, that some had intentionally signed with invalid information to spoil the recall effort.
You were trying to make sure you had enough legitimate signatures. An entirely different process and within the scope of the law.
If the work of Walker's minions was part of an effort to prevent legitimate voters from accessing the polls, then they may have broken the law.
The article doesn't go into too many details. I suppose they don't have those details. Walker's minions used the word "caging." What exactly they did with the information they were looking for needs to be explained and perhaps investigated. I assume that's what The Progressive reporter was going for.