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| Judge orders 234,000 purged from Wisconsin voter rolls |
| 2019-12-14 |
| Democrats squeal [MSN] An Wisconsin judge on Friday ordered the state to remove hundreds of thousands of people from Wisconsin's voter rolls because they may have moved. The case is being closely watched because of the state's critical role in next year's presidential race. Ozaukee County Judge Paul Malloy also denied the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin's petition to intervene. Lawyers for the League and for the Wisconsin Elections Commission indicated they will appeal and asked Malloy to stay his ruling pending those appeals, but he declined. At issue is a letter the state Elections Commission sent in October to about 234,000 voters who it believes may have moved. The letter asked the voters to update their voter registrations if they had moved or alert election officials if they were still at their same address. The commission planned to remove the letter's recipients from the voter rolls in 2021 if it hadn't heard from them. But Malloy's decision would kick them off the rolls much sooner, and well before the 2020 presidential election. Before Friday's hearing, Democratic statet Attorney General Josh Kaul "Any time people have to go through extra steps to vote, and certainly re-registering is a significant additional step, the result is that fewer people end up voting," he said. "Fewer people will be registered. A number of people will have to re-register." Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Twitter |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #8 Maybe they sent those letters to the wrong cemeteries. Oh, the humanity! People having to re-register to vote?!? Next thing you know, those rascally Repubs will demand you re-register your vehicle annually. Or pay your taxes. What is wrong with those people? [sarc off] (this was added for the hothead lefty out there) |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2019-12-14 17:14 |
| #7 Political experts say people who move frequently are more likely young, unmarried and Democrats. That means Democratic campaigns will have to spend more time educating and re-registering their voters." I call BS. If you move, you need to pop down to the DMV and change your address. You can register to vote there. Personally, I hope Trump wins the popular vote. It wold be an electoral knee to the groin of those grifters trying to do away with the Electoral College. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-12-14 17:08 |
| #6 FL is red. OH is safely red. WI looks good. If POTUS wins PA it will be a landslide. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-12-14 16:31 |
| #5 According to a local Fox station, " The ruling is a blow to Democrats. Political experts say people who move frequently are more likely young, unmarried and Democrats. That means Democratic campaigns will have to spend more time educating and re-registering their voters." The judge says if you don't like his decision, take it up with the legislature as they made the law. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-12-14 16:28 |
| #4 Here go 10% of Hillary's popular vote? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-12-14 14:30 |
| #3 That's because some people who haven't moved would likely lose their ability to vote, at least for the time being. So send out one more mailing giving them another 30 days to respond and then purge the rolls. If you don't feel voting is important enough to make a trivial effort, then maybe you shouldn't be in the game. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-12-14 14:26 |
| #2 And don't forget the two or three cases they found in Texas after diligent efforts to identify voter fraud in that state. |
| Posted by: gorb 2019-12-14 14:10 |
| #1 Any time people have to go through extra steps to vote, and certainly re-registering is a significant additional step, the result is that fewer people end up voting, Not to mention the cost. Exhuming all those bodies, carting them down to the registration office, not to mention the cleanup afterwards! And how are we supposed to do it for 234,000 bodies before election night? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2019-12-14 12:36 |