{"id":4853,"date":"2023-08-10T05:05:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T05:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4853"},"modified":"2023-08-10T15:01:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T15:01:26","slug":"rnc-republican-party-of-wisconsin-seek-to-intervene-in-leftist-led-lawsuit-on-illegal-absentee-ballot-drop-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4853","title":{"rendered":"RNC, Republican Party of Wisconsin Seek to Intervene in Leftist-Led Lawsuit on Illegal Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/rnc-republican-party-of-wisconsin-seek-to-intervene-in-leftist-led-lawsuit-on-illegal-absentee-ballot-drop-boxes\/mkittle\/2023\/08\/10\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Republican National Committee and Republican Party of Wisconsin have filed a motion to intervene<\/a> in Priorities USA v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, an election lawsuit<\/a> filed in the Badger State by attorney Marc Elias, known as the fixer for the Democratic Party and its politicians.<\/p>\n

The original suit, filed in Dane County Circuit Court by the Elias Law Group in July, demands Wisconsin voters be once again allowed to return absentee ballots in drop boxes.<\/p>\n

Last year, the Wisconsin Supreme Court outlawed the use of drop boxes, which were widely employed in the irregularity-plagued 2020 presidential election. They were particularly in abundance in the so-called \u201cWisconsin-5 cities,\u201d Democrat-heavy Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Kenosha and Racine, where liberal voting activists poured millions of dollars of \u201csafe election\u201d grants funded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n

The RNC and the Wisconsin GOP were joined in the election integrity motion by Walworth County GOP, Rock County GOP, and RITE PAC.<\/p>\n

The conservative-led Wisconsin Supreme Court opinion <\/a>clarified that \u201conly the legislature may permit absentee voting via ballot drop boxes. WEC [the Wisconsin Elections Commission] cannot. Ballot drop boxes appear nowhere in the detailed statutory system for absentee voting. WEC\u2019s authorization of ballot drop boxes was unlawful\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Days before the state\u2019s high court shifted on August 1 from a 4-3 conservative majority to a 4-3 advantage for liberals, Democrats led by Elias\u2019 law firm filed the lawsuit seeking to undo the state Supreme Court\u2019s previous ruling.<\/p>\n

\u201cWisconsin election integrity is under attack from far left dark-money groups bent on destroying basic voting safeguards, so the RNC, RPW, and RITE are legally intervening to ensure that Wisconsinites can have faith in their election process,\u201d RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel in a press release. As Democrats compete to see who can launch the most self-serving and frivolous attack on election integrity, Republicans remain committed to protecting your vote in the Badger State and nationwide.\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit have argued drop boxes are more secure than the U.S. mail.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy restricting Wisconsin voters\u2019 options for returning their absentee ballots and having those ballots properly counted, the Drop Box Prohibition severely burdens the right to vote,\u201d the lawsuit claims. \u201cWithout the opportunity to drop off their absentee ballots at drop boxes, voters must instead rely on the U.S. Postal Service \u2014 and its unsecured mailboxes \u2014 to deliver their absentee ballot and simply hope that the ballot arrives by election day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wisconsin GOP argues the law doesn\u2019t consider absentee ballots drop boxes. The court would effectively be writing law, a power it does not have, should it overturn the ruling.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite the schemes of overtly far-left groups like Law Forward and the Elias Group, the Republican Party of Wisconsin will continue to ensure Wisconsin voters have full confidence in our elections,\u201d said Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Brian Schimming. \u201cWhile Democrats attempt to undo common sense voting measures like requiring witness signatures on absentee ballots, we will continue to fight back against Democrat efforts to undermine safeguards every step of the way. Having safeguards in our elections should be a bipartisan issue; Wisconsinites in every corner of the state want fair and transparent elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

As The Star News Network <\/i><\/strong>reported<\/a> this week, the liberal D.C. law firm behind the lawsuit was founded by Marc Elias, Hillary Clinton\u2019s political fixer. Elias helped bankroll the infamous \u2014 and bogus \u2014 Trump-Russia dossier.<\/p>\n

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M.D. Kittle is the National Political Editor for The Star News Network.
\n<\/strong><\/em>Photo \u201cMail in Ballots\u201d by\u00a0Cindy Shebley<\/a>. CC BY 2.0.<\/em><\/p>\n

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