Wisconsin “Movers” Didn’t Move

[laughing dog]

General elections usually have a slate of non-statewide elected officials. There is no separate election for state legislature, county commission, school board, city council and mayor, etc. They are on the same ballot as president , governor or senator. And even your congressional district may be affected by an instate move, and that's a federal office. What are you babbling about? Of course your address is relevant!

I realize that focus is a problem for you. The issue is whether this group has standing - if it is a statewide group, it has no standing.

It depends on the state law how that is handled.

Unless you know the state law in Wi, your observation is unhelpful.

That may be the case. Doesn't change the fact that when you move, you should update your voter registration.

Duh, but that is not the issue here.

 

[Derec]

I realize that focus is a problem for you. The issue is whether this group has standing - if it is a statewide group, it has no standing.

Standing is something for courts to decide. And given that I have pointed out that all races are on the same ballot, I fail to see how the group being statewide would affect standing.

Unless you know the state law in Wi, your observation is unhelpful.

It's helpful in that you offered a positive statement that it should be handled at the county level without knowing state law either.

Duh, but that is not the issue here.

If they had updated their registration in a timely manner, they would not have been purged. Duh!

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Well, my Dad died in March and he is already scrubbed. Sure, we need scrubbing, but the trouble is, there is a lot of unnecessary scrubbing.

Exactly. The Republicans are trying to scrub, scrub, scrub with basically zero regard for whether they are on target. Their lists turn out to be utter shit. I'm not against purging when you know it's valid, I'm saying that if you're not certain you should strongly favor not purging.

It is common. Wisconsin isn't the first state and lots of red states push these methods. To fix this problem, they could send out mailers to everyone, and inform them of their voting registration status, a couple months before registration deadlines, and after the purges. But red states don't want to fix something they feel they benefit from.

Now how much this affects elections is unknown, to the best of my knowledge. I don't recall reading about tens of thousands of people that were kept from voting because of these restrictions. Yes, one person is too many and that is why we need a failsafe, but this hasn't seemed to be a problem for statewide voting.

I like your idea--and add "If you actually are still at this address and wish to remain registered sign this card and return it." (It would come back postage paid.)

 

[laughing dog]

Standing is something for courts to decide. And given that I have pointed out that all races are on the same ballot, I fail to see how the group being statewide would affect standing.

Of course you fail to see.

It's helpful in that you offered a positive statement that it should be handled at the county level without knowing state law either.

Ah, your go to "whataboutism".

If they had updated their registration in a timely manner, they would not have been purged. Duh!

The point is that many of them have the correct address. Really, do you even bother to read the OP?

 

[southernhybrid]

The point is that many of them have the correct address. Really, do you even bother to read the OP?

And, that is exactly the same thing that went on and probably continues to go on in Georgia. Voters who haven't moved are removed and for some mysterious reason, the removal of these voters always seems to help Republicans. Voter suppression is how they win elections.