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Wisconsin elections commissioners in contempt of court
Posted on: January 13, 2020 at 14:22:47 CT
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https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/13/judge-contempt-court-order-wisconsin-voter-rolls-case/2804070001/
PORT WASHINGTON - An Ozaukee County judge found the state Elections Commission and three of its members in contempt of court Monday, saying they had flouted his December order to remove thousands of people from Wisconsin's voter rolls.
"I can’t be any clearer than this," Judge Paul Malloy said. "They need to follow my order."
He said the commission must pay $50 a day until it starts taking people off the rolls. In addition, he's charging the three Democrats on the commission who have fought taking people off the rolls — Ann Jacobs, Julie Glancey and Mark Thomsen — $250 a day each.
Jacobs said she believes Malloy's initial findings were incorrect and she does not want to begin taking people off the rolls even though she's been found in contempt of court.
"If we are going to treat voting as the central component of our democracy, we need to be far less cavalier about taking people off the rolls," she said.
At issue is the voting status of more than 200,000 people in one of the most politically prized states in the 2020 presidential election. Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in 2016 by fewer than 23,000 votes, becoming the first Republican to take the state's electoral votes since 1984.
If voters are removed from the rolls, they can re-register to vote online at myvote.wi.gov, at their clerk's offices or at the polls on election day.
PORT WASHINGTON - An Ozaukee County judge found the state Elections Commission and three of its members in contempt of court Monday, saying they had flouted his December order to remove thousands of people from Wisconsin's voter rolls.
"I can’t be any clearer than this," Judge Paul Malloy said. "They need to follow my order."
He said the commission must pay $50 a day until it starts taking people off the rolls. In addition, he's charging the three Democrats on the commission who have fought taking people off the rolls — Ann Jacobs, Julie Glancey and Mark Thomsen — $250 a day each.
Jacobs said she believes Malloy's initial findings were incorrect and she does not want to begin taking people off the rolls even though she's been found in contempt of court.
"If we are going to treat voting as the central component of our democracy, we need to be far less cavalier about taking people off the rolls," she said.
At issue is the voting status of more than 200,000 people in one of the most politically prized states in the 2020 presidential election. Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in 2016 by fewer than 23,000 votes, becoming the first Republican to take the state's electoral votes since 1984.
If voters are removed from the rolls, they can re-register to vote online at myvote.wi.gov, at their clerk's offices or at the polls on election day.
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