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Related: About this forumWisconsin Supreme Court justices question merits of case brought by election activist
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Liberal justices who control the Wisconsin Supreme Court voiced concerns Tuesday about the motives of a conservative activist who is seeking guardianship records in an effort to find ineligible voters while also appearing to cast doubt that the documents should be made public.
The lawsuit tests the line between protecting personal privacy rights and ensuring that ineligible people can’t vote. It is the latest attempt by those who questioned the outcome of the 2020 presidential race to cast doubt on the integrity of elections in the presidential swing state.
“What it sounds to me like what you are trying to do is to introduce the fear that there is some sort of illegitimacy going on in the election in the state of Wisconsin, and that concerns me deeply,” said liberal Justice Jill Karofsky during oral arguments Tuesday.
Former travel agent Ron Heuer and a group he leads, the Wisconsin Voters Alliance, allege that the number of ineligible voters doesn’t match the count on Wisconsin’s voter registration list. They want the state Supreme Court to rule that counties must release records filed when a judge determines that someone isn’t competent to vote so that those names can be compared to the voter registration list.
https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-voting-ineligible-supreme-court-61eda6040ede6374504afaa0e846d3e8

pat_k
(10,887 posts)Before invading privacy they'd better have irrefutable proof of cases where ballots have been cast by persons under guardianship who have been deemed incompetent.
Lonestarblue
(12,248 posts)slightlv
(4,767 posts)I'd lay odds the testimonies would be different if it were guns... not votes... at issue! Republican hypocrisy knows no bounds!
pat_k
(10,887 posts)also determine competency to vote. This pamphlet describes various ways one can lose right to vote, and can request it be restored.
https://disabilityvote.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Guardianship-and-voting-English-ACC.pdf
I have no idea what the hell these people are worried about. It all seems pretty straightforward.