Ballot chaos in Wisconsin as state flouts court order

Posted by | October 1, 2016 07:30 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly

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The Scott Walker state is continuing its campaign to disenfranchise black voters – and ignoring a court order because, well, Scott Walker:

It appears that Wisconsin is violating multiple court orders by not promptly giving eligible citizens free IDs or certificates for voting. This is particularly concerning, since early voting began this week in cities like Madison and Milwaukee and thousands of Wisconsinites are casting ballots.

In an August ruling, US District Judge James Peterson said the IDPP was “unconstitutional” and “pretty much a disaster. It disenfranchised about 100 qualified electors—the vast majority of whom were African American or Latino—who should have been given IDs to vote in the April 2016 primary. But the problem is deeper than that: even voters who succeed in the IDPP manage to get an ID only after surmounting severe burdens.”

He ruled that “Wisconsin may adopt a strict voter ID system only if that system has a well-functioning safety net.” He said the state must “promptly issue a credential valid as a voting ID to any person who enters the IDPP or who has a petition pending.” …

But recordings from the DMV clearly show this is not the case. …

Legal experts say they’re extremely troubled by the state’s continued failure to fairly enforce the voter-ID law. “Wisconsin has promised the court that voters would be able to get an ID with whatever documents they have,” says Sean Young of the ACLU. “They’ve completely failed to live up to that promise.”

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9 responses to Ballot chaos in Wisconsin as state flouts court order

  1. mea_mark October 1st, 2016 at 08:37

    Maybe if politicians started going to jail they would get it right. I really hate the double standards in America, the rich and powerful can do whatever they want and get away with it while the poor get in trouble or even killed for the slightest things.

  2. jybarz October 1st, 2016 at 08:55

    Jail the bastards and issue an emergency voter ID or something.

  3. oldfart October 1st, 2016 at 09:03

    So in essence, Wisconsin is committing voter fraud.
    The state attorney general should be arrested and incarcerated.
    At a minimum.

  4. Mike N. October 1st, 2016 at 11:54

    Meanwhile the Pinellas county FL election supervisor held voter registration drives at Chick-Fil-A restaurants. Seriously.

    http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/09/30/florida-democrats-clucking-over-voter-registration-drives-at-local-chick-fil/

  5. Obewon October 1st, 2016 at 15:28

    Koch Walker’s voter disenfranchisement still delivers 77% chance of HRC winning WI.
    Via FiveThirtyEight: Who will win Wisconsin?
    Chance of winning Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes Hillary Clinton-77.4% to Trump-22.5%. WI. http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/wisconsin/#plus https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ac974601a643cbeb56cc8bd442745cdf37d6f612565112f697080f9b92f22070.gif

  6. amersham1046 October 1st, 2016 at 18:31

    Wisconsin has dump democracy and now ruler by imperial decree

  7. bpollen October 1st, 2016 at 21:28

    Can you do a class-action lawsuit for Civil Rights violations?

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