WI Rapublicans again violate open meetings law

[buddysmellgood]

Scott Walker is scared.

With six Republicans being recalled, he knows he could lose his majority, and he's desperate to keep it. He'll stop at nothing to hold on to those Republican Senate seats -- including voter suppression.

Recent Republican legislation would change Wisconsin's voting laws just in time for the recall elections. Voters will need to acquire state-issued photo IDs, absentee voters will have to vote in the primary absentee in order to receive a general election ballot, and residency requirements will change.

The legislation passed the Senate in violation of the open meeting law, and if the Dane County District Attorney prosecutes it, the voter ID bill will be invalid.

Can you call the District Attorney right now and ask him to uphold the open meeting law?

Last week, while the Senate was voting on 29 amendments to the voter suppression bill the Capitol Police removed from several Wisconsin residents from the gallery. Although Senator Jon Erpenbach asked that they be allowed back in, the Republican Majority Leader kept them from re-entering and continued the hearing.

Led by DFA Member, Jeremy Ryan, they have filed a complaint with the District Attorney to protect their constitutional rights to assembly and petition.

Can you call the District Attorney, Ismael Ozanne, at 608-266-4211, and ask that he ensure their rights are upheld by prosecuting this violation of the open meeting law?

If the legislation is invalidated by the DA, the Senate will have to pass it again, and it could take long enough that the changes won't be implemented before the recall election.

Thank you for helping defend our democracy.

- Kaili

Kaili Lambe, Political Campaign Manager
Democracy for America.

[DirkGently]

1. Wow, They're really going for the oppressive gusto. We need federal voting registratinon standards.

[Mister Ed]

4. I think the U.S. Constitution delegates that authority to the states.

I'm no Constitutional scholar, and I have no source, so I hope more knowledgeable DU'ers can tell us whether this is correct.

[DirkGently]

5. Federal elections are implicated here as well. Perhaps a basis to protect registration.

[LiberalFighter]

2. Can they dictate whether one receives an absentee ballot that involves a federal election?

[Ohio Joe]

3. K&R - nt