Wednesday, January 26, 2022

GET ME REWRITE. At issue: GOP voter suppression and hypocrisy

 

Call it what it is, Mitchell.

Screenshot of Wisconsin State Journal email

In short, Republicans argue that adding any unauthorized method for returning ballots opens the door to fraud. And when clerks in largely Democratic areas like Madison make more use of the boxes than clerks in other areas, some conservatives have questioned if that provides an unfair advantage — even though the boxes have been used throughout Wisconsin, including areas that voted heavily for Republicans.

Original 1/11/2022 post, " In the Wisconsin Republican Party, voter suppression is men's work", starts here.


Republicans on the Legislature's Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules on Monday votef to force the state Elections Commission to adopt formal rules regarding ballot drop boxes. 
The move will give Republicans who control the Legislature a chance to block any rules the bipartisan commission adopts.  [emphasis added]
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