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posted ago by ontology ago by ontology +790 / -0

GOP disputing a subset of 19.5K of "indefinitely confined" (those that they couldn't register because of illness, but were seen on social media playing football etc.) From Matt Braynard's work? Dane Co. to complete on Sunday

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Taylor3006 0 points ago +5 / -5

I would caution everyone about putting too much stock into this one revelation. Remember that Wisconsin changed the definition of "indefinitely confined" (whether rightly or wrongly so) to accommodate people too afraid to vote because of Covid. IIRC the argument is whether whoever made the change, had the authority to do so. In other words there were loads of people afraid of the virus because of the media instilling fear so many people used this option to vote. Now if those people went out and played football or whatever, that kind of disproves there were not afraid of the virus, but it could be just a small number of those 19k ballots. There are tons of Americans terrified of Covid so IMHO they would support a change like this to allow people to vote. Whether the change is legal or not, that is up to the courts but I believe they will grab ahold of this and defend the decision based solely on fear. They will then beat President Trump over the head with it saying that he wanted those people to go out and get exposed to the virus (or whatever).

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ontology [S] 29 points ago +29 / -0

The WI supremes said back in May that this status does not apply to COVID related claims. "The law is meant for people confined by age, physical illness or infirmity or are disabled for an indefinite period(https://www.wpr.org/wisconsin-supreme-court-sides-gop-over-absentee-voting-guidance)

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Taylor3006 0 points ago +3 / -3

I wasn't aware they ruled on it. It does not change my opinion that the enemies of the President will use this to beat him over the head and shoulders with regardless of how the WI court ruled.

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ontology [S] 7 points ago +7 / -0

No doubt. I can't think of anything they wouldn't use, including typos in the lawsuit filings!

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tremendous_trump2020 2 points ago +2 / -0

Yes, but if it has to go all the way to the SC he will win.

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StrangerThanFiction 6 points ago +6 / -0

If they were truly afraid they could have simply voted absentee. Claiming they were indefinitely confined was a way to sidestep the ID requirement. WI requires voter ID. Even absentee voters are supposed to supply a photo copy of their ID to be kept on file...unless they are indefinitely confined.

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pray_for_kekistan 0 points ago +1 / -1

where did you see they changed it to mean covid? I was under the impression it was specified the opposite