GOP lawmakers in critical swing-state Wisconsin are appealing a far-left Dane County judge’s decision sidestepping state election law and allowing voters with disabilities to electronically obtain absentee ballots.
The order also has drawn the concerns of Wisconsin’s Democrat-led Department of Justice, which argues that the electronic distribution of ballots to certain disabled voters presents significant security and logistical challenges.
Interestingly, the legally suspect order was issued by Judge Everett Mitchell, who took heat years ago for asserting at a public forum that shoplifters who steal from big-box retailers shouldn’t be prosecuted.
Tens of Thousands of Voters
Majority Republicans in the legislature last week filed their notice of appeal with the Wisconsin Court of Appeals 2nd District seeking to stop the implementation of Mitchell’s…
