{"id":12909,"date":"2024-09-24T19:03:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T19:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=12909"},"modified":"2024-09-24T22:00:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T22:00:20","slug":"wisconsin-lawmaker-eyes-changing-ballot-access-law-after-rfk-ballot-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=12909","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Lawmaker Eyes Changing Ballot Access Law After RFK Ballot Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Benjamin Yount<\/h5>\n

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A Republican lawmaker in Wisconsin want to avoid another fight to get off the ballot.<\/p>\n

State Rep. Scott Krug, R-Nekoosa, who oversees the Assembly\u2019s elections committee said on UpFront over the weekend that he wants to change the state law that keeps people on the ballot, almost no matter what.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t force people to do things they don\u2019t want to do anymore, even if they wanted to do them earlier,\u201d Krug said.<\/p>\n

Krug said there\u2019s no victory in forcing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the November ballot even though he\u2019s no longer running for president.<\/p>\n

Kennedy has challenged Wisconsin\u2019s ballot access law by arguing it creates two timelines for getting off the ballot. Kennedy says Wisconsin law sets one deadline for Republicans and Democrats to get off the ballot, while it sets another timeline for independent candidates.<\/p>\n

A Dane County judge has already rejected Kennedy\u2019s claim, but the Wisconsin Supreme Court was still considering Kennedy\u2019s argument.<\/p>\n

Krug (pictured above) said Kennedy has a point to be made.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you saw in the court case they made a pretty strong First Amendment argument that it wasn\u2019t what he wanted to do any more, and we kind of forced him into it,\u201d Krug explained. \u201cSo that would be the change, I would propose next session is just saying before that final meeting with WEC, let\u2019s define what qualified means on the ballot.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is, however, unlikely Krug and his fellow Republicans will be able to change Wisconsin\u2019s ballot laws. Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed almost every election legislation that lawmakers have sent him over the past four years.<\/p>\n

The governor has said he will not sign any new laws that make it more difficult for people to vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s been the challenge we\u2019ve had the last four years is helping people understand why and how they are working so closely with our clerks, getting information out, having a lot of hearings, a session about ideas and changes we wanted to make,\u201d Krug said during the weekend show. \u201cNot a ton of changes got signed into state law, but I think everybody\u2019s awareness of how our election process works and how their interactions with their clerks can be handled really gives me a lot of confidence going into this last stretch of the election cycle, that it\u2019s safe and secure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Yount is a contributor to The Center Square.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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