A quick Wisconsin review of Trump’s new executive order:
tl;dr – This does *not* change anything for our upcoming election for Supreme Court on April 1. Here’s why: 1/7
1-State elections are governed by state law, not federal law. The WI Supreme CT race is a state race only (there are no federal elections at all on April 1), so any federal demands do not and cannot affect this race. 2/7
2-the EO focuses on the NVRA (National Voting Rights Act) and purports to require proof of citizenship for those persons using the NVRA form to register to vote. WI is *exempt* from the NVRA. 3/7
3-WI is prohibited by a state court ruling (from Waukesha county!) from even using the NVRA registration form referenced in the EO. No voters are registering in Wisconsin using that form. They are prohibited from doing so. 4/7
4-The part of the order demanding proof of citizenship to register (again - for Federal elections!) doesn’t even take effect for 30 days, which puts it well past our Election on April 1. 5/7
5-WI already uses paper ballots or paper voting trails. We do not have direct recording machines in the state. There is a paper record of every vote cast in the state. 6/7
Finally-It is disappointing that the federal government is attempting to make people worry about voting this close to an important election. I hope this is not a ham-fisted attempt to shore up a failing bid for the WI Supreme Ct by the candidate currently behind in the polls. 7/7
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