A
COUNTER S
UIT
AND AN
APPEAL
% CAME
QUICKLY
FOLLOWING LAST
% WEEK'S
RULING
BY AN
OZAUKEE
% COUNTY
CIRCUIT
COURT
THAT MORE
% THAN
200,000
REJLE
REGISTERED
VOTERS% SHOULD
B
E
DEACTIVATED.
% THE RULING CAME
IN
RESPONSE
TO A
% LAWSUIT
FILED
BY A
CONSERVATIVE
% GROUP
TH
AT
CHALLENGED
THE
% WISCONSIN
ELECTIONS COMMISSION% DECISION TO
ALL
OW
THOSE
WHO MAY
% HAVE MOVED TO BE
A
BLE
TO
STAY ON
% THE
A
CTIVE
ROLLS
THROUGH
APRIL,
% 2021.
% THAT SUIT
CITED A STATE
STATUTE
% THAT
REQUIRES
DEACTIVATION 3
0
% DAYS
AFTER
SUCH
VOTERS
GET A
% MAILED NOTICE
S
HOW
SAYING
RECORDS
SAY
% THEY MAY HAVE
MOVED.
% REPUBLICANS
WORRY
ABOUT
VOTER
% FRAUD.
% BUT WHERE
DOE
S
AL
L
THIS
STAND
% TONIGHT ON THE
CUSP
OF A
% PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION, WHERE
% WISCONSIN
IS
PIVOTAL?
% WE
TURN
T
O
THE
ADMINISTRATOR OF% THE
E
LECTIONS
COMMISSION,
W
EG
MEAGAN
% WOLFE.
% IS
THE
COURT'S
RULING
IN
LIMBO
% NOW BECAUSE OF
THE
APPEAL
TO
THE% HIGHER
COURT?
% >>
CURRENTLY THERE
IS AN
APPEAL
% AND
WE'
RE
WAITING TO SEE
WHAT
% THE
JUDGE
DECIDES
IN
TERMS
OF A
% STAY OF
THE
CURRENT
ORDER
BEFORE
% THE COMMISSION
DECIDES
ON
% FURTHER
ACTION.% >> A
N
D
S
O
RIGHT
NOW,
TONIGHT,
% THOSE
VOTERS
REMAIN ON
T
HE
% ACTIVE
LIS
T.% >> THAT'S
CORRECT.% >>
HOW
FRACTIOUS
IS
THIS
% SITUATION GIVEN THAT
THE
% ELECTIONS COMMISSION
IS
% DEADLOCKED
ON PARTY
LINES
ABOUT
% HOW T
O
PROCEED AFTER
THE
RULING?
% >> SO
THE
OVERSIGHT
BOARD
I
S
% THAT
SIX-MEMBER, BIPARTISAN
% COMMISSION
THAT
PROVIDES
% GUIDANCE
AND
DECISION-MAKING
FOR
% THE COMMISSION.
% SO
THERE'S
BOUND TO
BE
SOME
% DIFFERENCES FROM TIME TO TIME.%
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO
% NOTE THAT
TH
E
DECISIONS
FOR
THE
% MOVERS
LIST,
THE
PROCESS THAT
% WAS
IMPLEMENTED, THOSE
VOTES
% WERE
LARGELY
UNANIMOUS
AND
ANY
% CHANGES AND
S
ORT
O
F
D
IFFERENCES
% HAVE
REALLY BEEN
RESULTS
TO
THE
% DIRECTION
OF
LITIGATION
% RECENTLY.%>>
SO
WHY
DID
THE
COMMISSION
% ORIGINALLY WANT
TO
GIVE
THESE
% VOTERS WHO
C
HANGED
ADDRESS
UNTIL
% 2021
BEFORE THEY
WERE
% DEACTIVATED?%>> THE
PURPOSE
O
F
ERIC
I
S
REALLY
% TO
DETERMINE
IF
SOMEONE
I
S
% PROPERLY
REGISTERED AT
T
HE
% CORRECT ADDRESS
O
R
IF
THEY'RE
% ELIGIBLE TO BE
REGISTERED BUT
% THEY'RE
NO
T YE
T
TO
GIVE
THEM
% THAT
INFORMATION.
% SO
THE
DECISION
WAS MADE
TO
M
AKE
% SURE
THAT VOTERS
AGAIN
HAD
THAT
% OPPORTUNITY TO
G
ET
REGISTERED
AT
% THE
CORRECT
ADDRESS.
% WHEN
W
E'RE
LOOKING
AT
ERIC D
ATA
% SETS,
ERIC
DOES
IS
IT
MAKES% A
REPORT
THAT
DETERMINES
% DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
T
HE
STATE
% VOTER ROLLS
AND
DATABASES
LIKE
% DMV'S OR
THE
POSTAL
SERVICE
A
ND
% THEN
IT'S
O
UR
JOB
T
O
DETERMINE
% HOW
TO
EDUCATE
VOTERS
ABOUT
HOW
% IF
THEY MAY HAVE
MOVED,
THEY
% NEED TO
UPDATE
THEIR
ADDRESS.% >>
W
HAT
DOES
ERIC
STAND
FOR?
% >> THE
ELECTRONIC
REGISTRATION
% INFORMATION CENTER.%>>
THAT'S
W
HERE
THIS
I
NFORMATION
% COMES
F
ROM
THAT TELLS
THE
% COMMISSION
THAT
THESE
VOTERS% MIGHT HAVE
MOVED.
% >>
CORRECT.
% IT
COMPARES VOTER
LISTS WITHIN
% OUR
STATE AS WELL
AS ACROSS
THE
% COUNTRY T
O
AGAIN
DETERMINE
IF% THERE A
RE
VOTERS THAT ARE
% ELIGIBLE TO BE
REGISTERED
TO
% VOTE
B
UT
CURRENTLY
AREN'T
SO WE
% CAN
EDUCATE
THEM
OR
VOTERS
THAT% MAY
HAVE
MOVED AND
NEED
TO
% REGISTER
A
T A
NEW
ADDRESS.% >> WHAT
ABOUT
THAT
STATUTE,
THAT
% STATE
STATUTE
THAT
S
AYS
THAT
% SUCH
MOVERS MUST
BE
PURGED
% WITHIN
30
DAY
S
OF
THIS
WRITTEN
% NOTICE?%>>
SO
THE
CURRENT LAW
SAYS
TH
AT
% THE STATE OF WISCONSIN MUST
JOI
N
% THE
ERIC
ORGANIZATION AND
M
UST
% ABIDE BY
THE
E
RIC
AGREEMENT,
BUT% IT
IS
NOT
SPECIFIC IN
TERMS
O
F
% WHAT HAPPENS WITH
THAT
DATA
SET.
% WE'RE
J
US
T
REQUIRED
BY
THE
ERIC
% AGREEMENT
TO
M
AKE
CONTACT WITH
% AT LEAST
95% OF
THE
VOTERS THAT
% ARE ON THE LIST
FOR
THE
MOVERS,
% BUT
IT'S
NOT
SPECIFIC.
% THERE
ARE
O
THER
PLACES
IN
% STATUTE THAT
TALK
ABOUT
THIS
% MAINTENANCE.
% FOUR-YEAR
MAINTENANCE, FOR% EXAMPLE.
% SO
VOTERS
WHO
HAVE N
OT
% PARTICIPATED
IN
AN
ELECTION
F
OR
% FOUR
YEARS,
THE STATUTE DOES% REQUIRE FOR THO
SE
V
OTERS
THAT
W
E
% SEND
THEM A NOTICE
LETTING
THEM
% KNOW
THEY
HAVEN'T
PARTICIPATED% IN FOUR
YEARS.
% AND
THEN
IF
WE
D
ON'T
H
EAR
FROM
% THEM
WI
THIN
30
DAYS, THEIR
% RECORD
IS
DEACTIVATED.
% BUT
THAT'S A SEPARATE
SET
O
F
% LAWS.
% >>
DO YOU
TH
INK
DEACTIVATING% THESE VOTERS
IF
THAT
HAPPENS
% WILL SUPPRESS
VOTES?
% >> HERE IN
THE STATE OF
% WISCONSIN WE HAVE
SAME-DAY
V
OTER
% REGISTRATION.%SO
I
THINK
REGARDLESS OF
WHERE
% THE
DECISION
HEADS
THA
T
TH
E
MOST
% IMPORTANT THING
F
OR
VOTERS
T
O
% KNOW,
THE
BIGGEST
TAKE-AWAY
OR
% ACTION ITEM
FOR
THE
M,
IS
TO
KNOW
% YOUR REGISTRATION
STATUS
AND
% MAKE
SURE
YOU'RE
REGISTERED
TO
% VOTE
AT
THE
CORRECT
PLACE.
% SO
ANY
VOTER THAT'
S
WONDERING
% WHERE
THEY'RE
REGISTERED TO
VOT
E
% OR
WHAT
THE
IR
STATUS I
S
C
AN
G
O
% TO
MYVOTE.WI.GOV.
% THEY'LL
HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY T
O
% REGISTER ON LINE.
% YOU
CAN ALSO
REJLE
SISTER
A
T
REGISTER
AT
THE
% POLLS ON
ELECTION
DAY.
% JUST MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE PROOF
O
F
% RESIDENCE
DOCUMENT, S
O
SOMETHING
% LIKE A UTILITY
BILL,
MAYBE
YOUR
% DRIVER'S
LICENSE
THAT
HAS
YOUR
% CRUR
% CURRENT
NA
ME
AND
ADDRESS
ON
IT.
% >>
ARE
M
ORE
PEOPLE ON THE
CHANGE
% OF
ADDRESS
LIST
DEMOCRATIC
% VOTERS?
% >>
W
E
DON
'T
TRACK
PARTY HERE
IN
% THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, SO
YOU
% DON'T
REGISTER
AS A
P
ARTY, SO WE
%
HAVE
N
O
W
AY
O
F
KNOWING
W
HO
THOSE
% VOTERS ARE.
% >>
A
ND
YET
MOR
E
O
F
T
HOSE
VOTERS
% COME
FROM
LARGER
CITIES, IS
THAT
% ACCURATE?%>>
LARGEST
PLACES
ARE
GOING TO
% HAVE MORE
VOTERS ON
THE
L
IST.
% ALSO
PLACES
THAT
H
AVE A
MORE
% TRANSIENT POPULATION MIGHT BE
ON
% THAT
LIST
MORE
FREQUENTLY.
% >> DO
YOU
FEEL
AS
LEAVING
THEM
% ACTIVE
ENCOURAGES
FRAUD?
% >> SO
W
E ALSO
HAVE A
PHOTO
I.D.
% LAW HERE IN
THE STATE OF
% WISCONSIN, WHICH MEANS
TH
AT ANY
% VOTER THAT
SHOWS UP
T
O
VOTE
ON
% ELECTION DAY
H
AS
T
O
PROVE
WHO% THEY ARE.
% WHEN
YOU'RE
REGISTERING TO
VOTE,
% YOU'RE PROVING WHERE
YOU
LIVE.
% WHEN YOU
SHOW UP
TO
CAST
YOUR
% BALLOT, YOU
STATE
YOUR
NAME
AND
% YOUR
ADDRESS
PUBLICLY
AND
SHOW
% THAT
PHOTO
I.D.
TO PROVE WHO
YOU
% ARE BEFORE
YOU
CAN
CAST A
% BALLOT.
% SO
E
VEN
THOSE VOTERS
IF THEY% HAVE
M
OVED
AND
IF
THEY'RE
STILL% ON THE POLL
LIST, THEY ARE
HE
% 'STILL
GOING TO BE
ASKED
TO
% AFFIRM IF
THEY
STILL
LIVE AT
% THAT
ADDRESS.
% IF THEY HAVE
MOVED,
THEY
WILL
% REREGISTER
A
T
THEIR
PRESENT
% ADDRESS.%>>