Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects move to ban absentee ballot drop boxes

[brooklynite]

Source: WSAW

(AP) - In a 4 to 3 decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, it’s rejecting a move to ban absentee ballot drop boxes.

Conservative businessman Jere Fabick petitioned the Supreme Court in March to ban drop boxes.

He also petitioned to prohibit elections officials from filling in missing addresses of witnesses on absentee ballot envelopes.

Fabick sought to limit who can return absentee ballots while the supreme court says the lawsuit put forward important questions, the majority declined to take the case.

Read more: https://www.wsaw.com/2021/06/27/wisconsin-supreme-court-rejects-move-ban-absentee-ballot-drop-boxes/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=wsaw

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"Elections have consequences"

[lkinwi]

1. Great!!!

[groundloop]

2. Why the fuck does a "conservative businessman" think he can dictate voting rules?????

[ShazzieB]

5. Maybe that's why they declined to hear the case.

I don't see how any individual has standing to bring a case like this. Maybe they thought so, too.

[SmartVoter22]

11. There GOP mind has devolved into chaos

Since Newt and the initial Tea Party waves, Republicans have stopped using any processes to determine is something is right or wrong. Not having standing, in a federal lawsuit, does not preclude one of the fringe GoPeer's from making a claim. Claims made with no sound basis, logic or assumption that legal rules and presidencies are easily discounted... simply because someone thought it up and then stated it in public. This is enough validation for the modern conservative mindset. If someone can say something... anything!; it can and should have equal legal value.

I know it's a painful concept to wrap an otherwise sound mind around. But that is now how a republican thinks.

My assumption is that "there outta be a law" to counter any statements that do not have provable, repeatable scientific evidences to back it up.

Say what you want, but there must be consequences to false public statements.
If a lawyer, or any other professional justice based expert, makes such claims they should have an automatic review and temporary revocation of any licenses they hold; until the prove, with facts, the claims truthiness. Lies cause chaos and chaos must be prevented.

KUDOS to Sen Al Franken for 'truthiness'.

[iluvtennis]

3. Excellent news! Kick. n/t

[secondwind]

4. Woot!

[lordsummerisle]

6. K&R n/t

[Talitha]

7. K&R

[JohnnyRingo]

8. He's shocked that the law protects those kind of people

People who mail ballots in of course.

[Gregory Peccary]

9. I admit I'm shocked too

The Wisconsin SC is not above legislating Republican causes from the bench

[riversedge]

10. I am halfway shocked. The WI SC has generally stayed away from election issues--or

ruled in voters favor IMHO. That is the shock since most appointed by creepy Walker.