GET ME REWRITE: Wisconsin GOP looks to enshrine voter suppression goals in state constitution

 

Photos:  Wisconsin Senate, Wisconsin  Assembly

Headline:  WMTV, 10/24/2023

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have advanced a series of constitutional amendments that would outlaw private funding for elections ahead of the 2024 presidential contest, bar municipalities from allowing non-U.S. citizens to vote in local elections and enshrine existing voter photo ID requirements in the state constitution. 

The proposals debated Tuesday at a joint hearing of the Senate and Assembly elections committees stem from false claims made by former President Donald Trump and his supporters that widespread voter fraud tipped the 2020 presidential election in favor of President Joe Biden.

The Democratic leadership supports the 15th Amendment.

 

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