Posted on 12/14/2020 8:12:11 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Monday that state and local election officials erred when they gave blanket permission allowing voters to declare themselves homebound and skip voter ID requirements in the 2020 election, potentially opening the door for Republicans to challenge tens of thousand of ballots.
In a case challenging the practice in Dane County, one of Wisconsin's large urban center around the city of Madison, the state's highest court ruled only those voters whose "own age, physical illness or infirmity" makes them homebound could declare themselves "indefinitely confined" and avoid complying with a requirement for photo ID.
The mere existence of a COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown orders was not sufficient under Wisconsin law for all persons to skip the voter ID requirements to seek to vote absentee, the justices ruled.
"We conclude that both the contention that electors qualify as indefinitely confined solely as the result of the COVID19 pandemic and the declared public health emergency and the contention that Wis. Stat. § 6.86(2)(a) could be used for those who 'have trouble presenting a valid ID' are erroneous because those reasons do not come within the statutory criteria," the court ruled.
In so doing, the court ruled that local officials like Dane County and Gov. Tony Evers did not have legal authority to exempt all voters to get an absentee ballot without an ID. Evers had issued an executive order earlier this year.
(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...
Was WI one of the states that sent an alternative slate of electors?
Amazing all these rulings quietly happen after trump lawsuits get thrown out almost like yeah there was blatant fraud we’d better fix this in the future but not now
I’m confused because I also read they rejected Trump’s case to overturn the results.
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They didn’t throw out the votes, they said any votes by “indefinitely confined” people that are not “indefinitely confined” are void. Someone has to go through all the ballots marked as “indefinitely confined” and confirm that they are or aren’t, then file (good or circular) the ballot accordingly.
Amazing the reporting and support now that the EVs have been submitted...
I wanna huge-ass smackdown of the Rats.
This is SUCH a CluskerFork! And all by design, Comrades. All. By. Design.
Tony Evers pretends to be this bookish, ‘Edjumakator’ but he is a full frontal Commie and a TOTAL Kool Aide drinker!
“In so doing, the court ruled that local officials like Dane County and Gov. Tony Evers did not have legal authority to exempt all voters to get an absentee ballot without an ID. Evers had issued an executive order earlier this year.”
He is a USEFUL IDIOT and WILL be ONE AND ONE!
Good Lord! Wisconsin went from Scott Walker to THIS dipstick due to 30K ‘votes?’
Yeah, Right! Grrrrrr!
“Someone has to go through all the ballots marked as “indefinitely confined” and confirm that they are or aren’t, then file (good or circular) the ballot accordingly.”
Only the ballots aren’t marked.
They rejected Trump’s case on laches and did not consider the evidence. The good ruling came in a case brought by an individual Republican.
Is this the same story content that was posted earlier today? How can this article be true if the Wisconsin Supreme Court rejected Pres. Trump’s case to invalidate the WI election results?
Sorry about that, Savage Rider, your post went up just as I was typing mine. So disregard it please. :-)
You have GOT to be kidding. Another worthless, no help court ruling.
How are you going to determine who was sick and who was not?
“Amazing all these rulings quietly happen after trump lawsuits get thrown out almost like yeah there was blatant fraud we’d better fix this in the future but not now”
This ruling applies now, not in the future.
I heard an interview today that stated this will be a relatively easy process to achieve.
Two different cases, people.
Trump filed one.
WI GOP filed one (with origins back in March 2020!).
Both in WI Supreme Court.
Both rulings released today.
Ruled against Trump. Claimed he had no standing and other crap.
Ruled for WI GOP. Indefinitely confined status is against WI election law.
The ruling in favor of WI GOP should invalidate ~200k votes (the number of people who applied for ballots under indefinitely confined status and thus had to submit NO identification), but I’m yet to see anything suggesting the ruling will have any effect on November 2020 results. My hunch is it will be a “don’t do it again” sort of thing.
No, WI did not send another slate of electors. They are too corrupt. This fact makes me particularly convinced that this favorable ruling will amount to absolutely nothing at the end of the day.
FYI — Four states sent another slate of electors:
- PA
- GA
- NV
- AZ
Michigan tried, but Whitler prevented GOP electors from entering the Capitol. They may attempt to mail their ballots to Congress. Unsure if that means anything though when they go to count of January 6.
For what it’s worth and (potentially) correcting my earlier post saying only four states were involved, there’s a Gateway Pundit article saying all six battleground states plus New Mexico cast an alternate set of Trump electors:
Have not verified this is true for WI and NM. Still not sure if MI’s alternate electors count.
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