WI Dems Request DOJ Poll Monitors After Voter ID Chaos, 'Rigged Election' Talk
Source: Talking Points Memo
By TIERNEY SNEED Published OCTOBER 26, 2016, 5:31 PM EDT
Democratic U.S. lawmakers from Wisconsin sent a letter to the Department of Justice Wednesday requesting that it deploy federal poll monitors to the state after reports that local officials were providing potential voters with inaccurate information about the state's voter ID law. The letter also raised concerns about "potential voter intimidation at polling places, particularly in light of recent, high-profile rhetoric that alleges 'election rigging.'"
"National figures have suggested that there is widespread voter fraud in our country and have encouraged private citizens to monitor voting behaviors of certain communities for potential misconduct," said the Democrats' letter, which was signed by Sen. Tammy Baldwin, and Reps. Gwen Moore, Ron Kind, and Mark Pocan.
The letter cited reports that voters who do not have the IDs required by the state's voter ID law were having trouble obtaining the free IDs the state was supposed to provide for them to vote. It specifically cited the misinformation being given to them by local officials that was at odds with a court ruling over the summer.
A federal judge in July ruled that the system to get Wisconsin's non-ID holders free IDs to vote had been a "wretched failure" and ordered the state to do a better job of implementing the program. Months later, potential voters were still being told by local officials that they would not be able to obtain the free IDs in time to vote, according to reports by The Nation and the Journal Sentinel, prompting another rebuke from the judge, U.S. District Judge James Peterson.
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Once upon a time Wisconsin had the best state government in the country then the koch brothers came to town along with Wisconsin manufacturers and commerce and between the two of them plus club for growth purchased the state supreme court. Then changed laws after they broke them so they couldn't be prosecuted and the rest is history.
