Hillary Clinton’s Lawyer Files Lawsuit Against Scott Walker’s Voter Suppression Tactics-HRC ROOM

[hrmjustin]

HILLARY CLINTON ROOM


Jason Easley

A new lawsuit from Hillary Clinton’s legal counsel is taking aim at
Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican Party’s efforts to suppress the vote in Wisconsin.

Rick Hansen of the Election Law Blog reported on the complaint:

This lawsuit concerns the most fundamental of rights guaranteed citizens in our representative democracy—the right to vote. That right has been under attack in Wisconsin since Republicans gained control of the governor’s office and both houses of the State Legislature in the 2010 election. Indeed, since 2011, the State of Wisconsin has twice reduced in-person absentee (“early”) voting, introduced restrictions on voter registration, changed its residency requirements, enacted a law that encourages invasive poll monitoring, eliminated straight-ticket voting, eliminated for most (but not all) citizens the option to obtain an absentee ballot by fax or email, and imposed a voter identification (“voter ID”) requirement. These measures were intended to burden, abridge, and deny, and have had and will have the effect of burdening, abridging, and denying, the voting rights of Wisconsinites generally and of African-American, Latino, young, and/or Democratic voters in Wisconsin in particular.

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/06/02/hillary-clintons-lawyer-files-lawsuit-scott-walkers-voter-suppression-tactics.html

[misterhighwasted]

1. Go get em Team Hillary !

After Wisconsin they can take on the rest of the crooks running the Red States

[Iliyah]

2. Team Hillary kicking arses!

[Sancho]

3. Hillary is the only candidate with the resources to fight in this election.

It will be tough, but she can do it!

[dragonlady]

4. Where does it say Hillary is bringing this suit?

The plaintiffs are two Wisconsin progressive organizations, One Wisconsin and Citizen Action, along with several individuals who are also active in progressive politics. Marc Elias, at present general counsel for Hillary's campaign, is one of several attorneys listed on the complaint but not the one who signed it. That attorney is located in the Madison branch of this national law firm and mainly in charge of the case.

[hrmjustin]

5. Here is the link from election law blog.

http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72382

[dragonlady]

7. This article explains it

From the New York Times:

Mrs. Clinton’s aides said the suit was not filed on behalf of the campaign, but they offered their support for it.

“We are aware of it and strongly support its goal of ensuring the right to vote is not unduly burdened,” Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Mrs. Clinton, said in a statement.

Perkins Coie is a large, national law firm known for, among other things, its election law practice representing the Democratic side. These top lawyers always have multiple cases going on at once for different clients, with plenty of help from the more junior members of the firm.

The headline is catchier when it says "Hillary Clinton's lawyer" so the headline writer for the newspaper went with that instead of "Progressives in Wisconsin."

[hrmjustin]

8. Well the important point is that Walker is being challenged.

[Gothmog]

12. Marc Elias represented Al Franken in his recount fight

Marc Elias is one of the top election law lawyer in the country

[mopinko]

6. smart to be so far out ahead of this shit.

last minute actions fail.

[Cha]

9. Super important.. you know Walker wants Wisonsin to go repub even

if he has to suppress the vote.

Mahalo Justin

[Gothmog]

10. This is another good lawsuit to fight GOP voter suppression

[Gothmog]

11. Democrats Wage a National Fight Over Voter Rules

The Democrats and the Clinton campaign will be fighting a national campaign against GOP vote suppression tactics http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/us/politics/democrats-voter-rights-lawsuit-hillary-clinton.html?_r=0

I have been volunteering on voting rights issues for a very long time and I am happy to see the Clinton campaign fight this battle

[hrmjustin]

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