Wisconsin Supreme Court rules state erred by giving blanket exemption to voter ID rules during COVID: Ruling opens door to challenge potentially tens of thousands of ballots

Just The News ^ | 12/14/2020 | John Solomon

[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.

[freedomjusticeruleoflaw]

Finally, a perch.

[GOP Poet]

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[FrdmLvr]

It was a split decision they’re saying.

[Professional]

200,000 of those...

Let each of them count, as long as each person comes forward and identifies themselves. LOL, yeah...

[Fido969]

Here is the case Solomon references-no mention of it on the MSM:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf%3Fcontent%3Dpdf%26seqNo%3D315283&ved=2ahUKEwionbPE0c_tAhWnmOAKHe7eASMQFjALegQIJBAC&usg=AOvVaw1R5Wyw-2-VZxhmPca7JJpf

[DoodleDawg]

But the same court threw out the case argued on Saturday that questioned the hundreds of thousands of votes in Dane and Milwaukee counties.

[AFB-XYZ]

Many thanks for the clarification. You have no idea know how much it’s appreciated! The WI stuff was driving me nuts.