Posted on 09/20/2024 6:52:20 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Elections Commission, which is represented by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, filed a petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s case to remove himself from November ballots.
The commission also filed it's response to Kennedy's legal appeal.
The petition argues the case is "highly time sensitive and hugely consequential for a the people of Wisconsin." It states Kennedy's proposal to use stickers to cover his name is poorly conceived, would require thousands of hours of extra work and create a logistical nightmare.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s legal team filed a brief in his appeal Thursday as he seeks removal from the presidential ballot in Wisconsin, in part asking the appeals court to allow for different-looking ballots for different sets of voters.
The appeal came as local clerks mail absentee ballots to voters who have requested them.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission argued Kennedy's sticker idea could jam vote-counting machines and that said machines had not been tested with the stickers. Kennedy's appeal argued that the WEC's claims are pure speculation. The commission's response states ballots are made with specialized printers and tabulation machines notice even a small mark. It argues the stickers could cause a machine to register a double vote.
Kennedy's team argued that, in the event that a candidate died, then stickers would be used. Thus, they can be used to remove Kennedy's name.
One key aspect of the brief is answering what will happen with ballots that have already been mailed to voters. Thursday marked the deadline for clerks to send ballots to voters with an active request on file, which means ballots with Kennedy's name on them are already in the mail.
Kennedy's answer to that question? "What's been done is done."
In the brief, Kennedy explicitly says he is not asking for a second set of ballots to be sent out, just for stickers to be placed over his name on remaining ballots.
That means that voters whose ballots are already in the mail, or in their possession, will have a chance to mark the box next to Kennedy's name. However, future voters will not.
Kennedy's appeal comes after a Dane County judge ruled to keep him on the Wisconsin ballot on Monday, citing state law that candidates who submit nomination papers before the Aug. 6 deadline can't be removed from the ballot unless they die.
That was the same law that the WEC cited when voting to keep him on the ballot even after he dropped out of the race last month and endorsed former President Donald Trump.
Kennedy sued the WEC, arguing that state law discriminates against independent candidates.
So the RATs know about how many ballots they have to fake to pull out a win.
They DO need some dinner-time TV Ads to that effect in Wisconsin; maybe they’re in production right now?
Really, REALLY sick of seeing Heels Up using IGNORANT teen girls in her ads asking us to ‘think of them’ when we vote so they can kill their future offspring with impunity!
Ugh!
Title is misleading...Sorry!
WEC is sending their request to the WISCONSIN Supreme Court...who will, as you said, most likely PUNT!
WSC is liberal, they’ll take the liberal position.
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