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Whatever limits we thought

jollyroger — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:43:24 +0000

Whatever limits we thought the Repugnants might respect when it comes to stealing elections, we were guilty of failure of imagination...

It appears that they are

jollyroger — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:41:19 +0000

In reply to GOP nixes delay in Tuesday in-person Wisconsin primary

It appears that they are feeling the fury...(color my face red if those are Republicans turning out, but I don't THINK so...)

A voter contacted a campaign

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:02:30 +0000

In reply to GOP nixes delay in Tuesday in-person Wisconsin primary

A voter contacted a campaign in Milwaukee, and said “I need a witness for my absentee ballot, and I have coronavirus.”

We are literally sitting here trying to figure out how to find somebody who had it, so they can go witness the signature, and get the ballot.

This is insane.
— Sachin Chheda (@skchheda) April 7, 2020

The Conservatives on the

rmrd0000 — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:37:46 +0000

In reply to Milwaukee has just five

The Conservatives on the Supreme Court are traitors. Voters should not have to risk their lives.

Milwaukee has just five

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:30:49 +0000

In reply to GOP nixes delay in Tuesday in-person Wisconsin primary

Milwaukee has just five voting locations open today, down from the usual 180 for a typical voting day. https://t.co/d6Q6zWTnfz
— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) April 7, 2020

Vox

rmrd0000 — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 15:00:13 +0000

In reply to GOP nixes delay in Tuesday in-person Wisconsin primary

Vox

The Supreme Court’s disturbing order to effectively disenfranchise thousands of Wisconsin voters

American democracy is in deep trouble.

https://www.vox.com/2020/4/6/21211378/supreme-court-coronavirus-voting-rights-disenfranchise-rnc-dnc

The Supreme Court is

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 05:17:51 +0000

In reply to GOP nixes delay in Tuesday in-person Wisconsin primary

The Supreme Court is simultaneously using the pandemic as an excuse to not even hear the case on Trump's tax returns while telling voters in Wixconsin just now they should be forced to carry on with voting tomorrow with no extension of vote by mail.
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) April 7, 2020

talk about last minute, this

artappraiser — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 04:20:34 +0000

In reply to GOP nixes delay in Tuesday in-person Wisconsin primary

talk about last minute, this is the Wisconsin Dem party chair:

NEW: The Democratic Party of Wisconsin just put up this guide to where to find curbside voting & absentee ballot dropoffs in your city. Can you RT this far & wide? https://t.co/XBROvUVHfA
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) April 7, 2020

Georgetown Law Prof:

artappraiser — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 04:17:08 +0000

In reply to GOP nixes delay in Tuesday in-person Wisconsin primary

Georgetown Law Prof:

What (I think) the Supreme Court got fundamentally wrong in today's Wisconsin election decision.https://t.co/k0jCBa523d
— Marty Lederman (@marty_lederman) April 7, 2020

RBG blast the Supremes for

rmrd0000 — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 01:56:09 +0000

In reply to GOP nixes delay in Tuesday in-person Wisconsin primary

RBG blast the Supremes for their role in the coup.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg excoriated her conservative colleagues over their decision to deny Wisconsin Democrats’ request to extend the deadline for absentee voting in the state’s election on Tuesday, despite concerns over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

In a 5-4 vote on Monday, the Supreme Court’s conservative bloc refused to extend the absentee voting deadline by six days, saying instead all mail-in ballots must be postmarked by Tuesday and received by April 13. Democrats had pleaded with the courts to give more leeway to voters as COVID-19 wreaks havoc around the nation, infecting more than 366,000 people and killing more than 10,000. The nation’s top public health officials have urged Americans to practice social distancing and to remain at home as much as possible, directives that run counter to entering a crowded polling place.

Ginsburg, who was joined in her dissent by the three other liberal Justices, said her conservative colleagues’ decision to see the election proceed as planned would effectively strip many Wisconsinites of their right to vote “through no fault of their own.”

“The question here is whether tens of thousands of Wisconsin citizens can vote safely in the midst of a pandemic,” Ginsburg wrote on Monday. “With the majority’s stay in place, that will not be possible. Either they will have to brave the polls, endangering their own and others’ safety. Or they will lose their right to vote, through no fault of their own.”

She continued: “That is a matter of utmost importance — to the constitutional rights of Wisconsin’s citizens, the integrity of the State’s election process, and in this most extraordinary time, the health of the Nation.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ruth-bader-ginsburg-wisconsin-absentee_n_5e8bc6e3c5b62459a92dc109