Posted on 05/14/2024 7:01:18 AM PDT by Coronal
The Wisconsin Supreme Court seemed poised Monday to overturn a ruling it made less than two years ago that banned the use of most absentee ballot drop boxes in the state.
Doing so would effectively reinstate the use of most of those boxes across Wisconsin — a ruling that could have large ramifications on the 2024 presidential election in the crucial battleground.
In 2022, when conservatives had a 4-3 majority, the court ruled to significantly reduce the number of absentee ballot drop boxes in the state. But ideological control of the technically nonpartisan court flipped to liberals last year, setting in motion a chain of events that provided the court with the opportunity to reverse that ruling.
The four liberal justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court repeatedly signaled in Monday’s oral arguments they felt the court ruled incorrectly on the issue 22 months earlier, with many noting that state law is silent when it comes to the specific issue of drop boxes. Liberal justices on the bench used their time to speak to dismiss false claims by conservatives that the use of such boxes were sources of fraud in prior elections.
“Just to be clear, there’s nothing in the statutes that says that drop boxes are unauthorized or illegal,” said Jill Karofsky, a liberal justice on the court.
Karofsky, at another point, also pointed out that Wisconsin statutes “talk about the privilege of voting by absentee” but that such statutes also say that doing so “must be carefully regulated to prevent the potential for fraud or abuse,” eliciting an attorney for the progressive group that filed the suit to point out that “there’s absolutely no evidence that there was any fraud or abuse in 2020 due to ballot drop boxes.”
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Leftist, not liberal. Don’t use the word they choose for themselves. Liberal implies greater tolerance for all things, and they are the opposite.
(S)elections have consequences.
Biden will win Wisconsin easily thanks to this.
This is to be expected from our “groomer” Governor..
Of course they will
Of course! They’ve seen the polls. Can’t allow Trump to win. Use any means necessary.
interesting thing about paper I’ve discovered over the ears, it burns. If you use lighter fluid, it catches a lot faster.
First, the Leftists spent a couple of millions making sure they got the opponent they wanted in the Republican primary.
Then they spent several millions more making sure they got the far left lawyer elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, where she flipped the court from 4-3 conservative to 4-3 far left.
A Leftist Billionaire outspent conservatives in this race by about 8-1, as I understand it. Sort of a George Soros prosecutor on the Wisconsin Supreme Court type of action, but it wasn't Soros in this case.
Only if the GOP doesn’t cheat better.
I can just see your glee at this, coronal.
Prepare for the Wisconsin election to be stolen once again.
Idiots. It will only make the reckoning that will be coming much worse.
Absolutely great point. I wish everyone thought about it.
Biden will win Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada.
At this point, he won't need Georgia and Michigan.
What do you base this on?
Sod off, doomer troll.
Joe Biden is having trouble in Dearborn. Perhaps, he may not be able to get away with fraud there.
The Democrats may try to steal Georgia. But it may not be enough.
They “appear willing” to overturn the ruling?
They’re salivating at the prospect.
Next up to be overturned: Act 10 & restoring teachers unions as the rate setter for Wisconsin property taxes.
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