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TexasTowelie

(111,961 posts)
Mon Dec 16, 2019, 03:36 PM Dec 2019

Wisconsin Democrats vow to register voters who may be purged

By Scott Bauer


MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats in the key swing state of Wisconsin vowed Monday to double down on efforts to ensure that any voters whose registrations are nullified by a judge's recent ruling will be able to register again before the 2020 presidential election.

Legal appeals could delay for months the judge's order Friday to immediately purge more than 200,000 voters who didn't respond within 30 days to letters seeking to confirm their addresses. The case is expected to go all the way to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which is controlled 5-2 by conservatives.

The Wisconsin Democratic Party will use the state open records law to obtain the names of everyone who is purged and then target its efforts to “systematically” contact those most likely to be Democrats so they can re-register, said state party chairman Ben Wikler. Voters do not register by political party in Wisconsin.

“This is an organizing challenge, not a crisis,” Wikler said. He said purging the voters “just adds to our to-do list. It’s a reason to work, not to freak out.”

Read more: https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Wisconsin-Democrats-vow-to-register-voters-who-14910240.php
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Wisconsin Democrats vow to register voters who may be purged (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2019 OP
I thought about that approach exboyfil Dec 2019 #1
Register and vote! Change of procedures California_Republic Dec 2019 #2
Some years back and after many years voting from the same address, Backseat Driver Dec 2019 #3
Democrats badgolfer Dec 2019 #4

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
1. I thought about that approach
Mon Dec 16, 2019, 03:40 PM
Dec 2019

Try to get the voters angry. Does anyone have a picture of the verification letter that was sent out. It has looked like junk mail in some cases. The pattern of the GOP - Documents that can take your rights away look like junk mail and documents that look official are actually GOP fund raising letters (see "survey" request for funds disguised as a mailing that looks like the US Census.

Backseat Driver

(4,381 posts)
3. Some years back and after many years voting from the same address,
Mon Dec 16, 2019, 03:57 PM
Dec 2019

I was allegedly questioned about being purged from my county's roll in Ohio for not verifying some sort of "polling place location" card. Found out when I went to vote where I was forced to vote by provisional ballot. Also happened to another long-time- at-the-same-address guy in my precinct line. Of course, our local PO also has long-standing trouble delivering mail in our precinct so...(GOP activities on both counts?)

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