Conservatives are pushing back against left-wing get-out-the-vote \u2062campaigns on college \u200bcampuses\u2062 across the country. But \u2064will their efforts be enough to make a difference?<\/p>\n

\u2018Government-Sponsored \u2063GOTV\u2019<\/h2>\n
The complaint argues that even if the university is authorized to conduct student\u2064 get-out-the-vote \u2064and voter registration drives, these efforts have not complied\u200d with HAVA’s legal requirements. The complaint points \u2063out that the voter act “preempts” government-sponsored GOTV and voter registration drives, as confirmed by opinions from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.<\/p>\n
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According to one guidance memo \u200dfrom the EAC, “Neither Section 101 nor 251 funds may be used to conduct \u2063voter registration drives or get\u200b out the vote efforts.” The university denies \u2063the allegations,\u200d claiming that it used private funds for\u200c its activities and did not receive\u2064 any HAVA\u2063 funding.<\/p>\n
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Nonpartisan \u2064in Name Only<\/h2>\n
The university \u2062argues that it did\u200d not directly or indirectly receive HAVA \u2064funds and instead worked with the Andrew Goodman Foundation’s Goodman Ambassadors, \u2062who engage in non-partisan voter education. However, the Andrew Goodman Foundation has a clear \u2062left-leaning \u200cagenda and promotes student voting on\u200d campuses.<\/p>\n
\u2018Picking and Choosing\u2019<\/h2>\n
The\u200b complaint alleges that\u200d the\u200b university’s targeting of\u200c students for its get-out-the-vote and voter registration drives \u2063discriminates against non-students. This selective treatment of \u2064voters is considered illegal voting discrimination. The complaint draws parallels to a previous lawsuit brought by Obama for America and\u200d the\u2063 Democratic National Committee, which successfully challenged\u200d special \u2064voting privileges for military voters.<\/p>\n
Data Diving<\/h2>\n
The complaint also raises concerns about the use of the state’s voter information system to support the\u2062 campus GOTV effort. The university \u2062has allegedly\u2062 exchanged student private data with Tufts\u2062 University’s National Study \u200bof\u200b Learning, \u200cVoting and Engagement (NSLVE) and used publicly \u2063available voting files\u200d from the Catalist National \u2064Database. This targeted campaign using voter data is seen as a violation\u2062 of HAVA law.<\/p>\n
\u2018This\u2064 Is Huge\u2019<\/h2>\n
The Wisconsin Voter Alliance is seeking a \u200bdeclaration from an administrative law judge that UW-Parkside violated HAVA and an injunction requiring \u200dthe university to comply with HAVA’s legal requirements. The\u200b case has been assigned to Administrative Law Judge Eric\u2062 D. Defort.<\/p>\n
Campus GOTV Drive Built by Team Obama<\/h2>\n
This \u2062complaint could have \u200bfar-reaching implications as\u2064 many colleges and universities across the country are\u2062 partnering with\u200c left-leaning organizations to boost voter registration and turnout among college students. Civic Nation’s \u2064ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge,\u200d which is supported by former Obama administration officials, is one such initiative. The complaint highlights the surge in voter registrations on the UW-Madison campus during the 2022 election,\u2064 indicating a potential bias in the campus GOTV campaign.<\/p>\n
“It is not\u200b the role of government entities to run voter registration and GOTV activities. That is \u2064the job of political parties and candidates,” \u200csaid Ron Heuer, president of the Wisconsin Voter Alliance.<\/p>\n
As the Biden \u2064administration increases\u2064 its efforts\u200c to promote get-out-the-vote campaigns, particularly in swing states like Wisconsin, \u2063we can expect more challenges and controversies surrounding these initiatives.<\/p>\n
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\u200d What is the complaint filed by the Wisconsin Voter Alliance \u200cagainst the\u200d University of Wisconsin-Parkside regarding left-wing get-out-the-vote efforts on college campuses?<\/h2>\n
\u2064Conservatives Push Back Against\u200b Left-Wing Get-Out-the-Vote Efforts \u2064on \u2064College \u2062Campuses<\/p>\n
Conservatives are making \u200da stand against left-wing get-out-the-vote campaigns on college campuses across the United States. The Wisconsin\u200c Voter Alliance, an\u200d organization\u2064 dedicated to protecting \u2062the integrity of elections, has filed a complaint against\u200d the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, accusing it \u200cof violating the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) \u2063by organizing student get-out-the-vote and voter registration drives.<\/p>\n
This\u2064 complaint, initially met with resistance \u200cfrom \u200cthe Wisconsin\u2063 Elections \u2064Commission, has now been referred to \u2064an administrative law judge. The\u2064 case will test the targeted \u2063use of the \u200bstate’s voter registration database and determine whether Parkside’s efforts are discriminatory.<\/p>\n
The Wisconsin Voter\u2064 Alliance believes\u2062 that if successful, \u2063this challenge could \u2063have a significant impact on similar partisan-driven campaigns at\u200b the University of Wisconsin system and \u200cover\u200b 1,000\u200d college campuses nationwide. “This is what fighting back\u200b looks like,”\u2063 said Erick Kaardal, the \u2064attorney representing\u200d the Wisconsin\u2063 Voter Alliance.<\/p>\n
The complaint argues that even if the university is authorized to conduct student \u2064get-out-the-vote and voter registration drives, these efforts have not complied with HAVA’s legal requirements. According to the complaint,\u2064 the voter \u200cact “preempts”\u2063 government-sponsored get-out-the-vote and voter \u200dregistration drives, as confirmed by opinions \u200bfrom \u200bthe U.S. Election Assistance Commission.<\/p>\n
The\u2063 complaint points out that one guidance memo from\u200d the EAC states, “Neither\u200c Section \u200d101 nor \u2063251 funds may be used to conduct voter \u2062registration drives or get out the vote efforts.” The university denies these \u2064allegations,\u2062 claiming that it used private funds for its activities and did \u2064not receive any HAVA funding.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the university \u2062argues that it worked with the Andrew Goodman Foundation’s Goodman Ambassadors, who \u2062engage in non-partisan voter education.\u2062 However, critics argue that the Andrew \u200cGoodman Foundation has\u2063 a\u2062 clear left-leaning agenda<\/a> and promotes student voting\u200d on campuses.<\/p>\n
The complaint also alleges that the university’s targeting\u200d of students for \u2064its get-out-the-vote and \u2064voter registration drives \u2062discriminates against non-students. This \u200cselective treatment of \u2064voters is considered illegal voting discrimination. The\u2062 complaint draws parallels \u200bto a previous lawsuit brought by Obama for America and \u200bthe Democratic National Committee, which successfully challenged special \u200cvoting\u2064 privileges for military voters.<\/p>\n
In addition, concerns have been raised about the use of student data in\u200b these campaigns. Critics worry that data\u2062 gathered \u2064during these \u200ddrives could be used for partisan purposes and potentially compromise \u200cthe privacy of students.<\/p>\n
Conservatives are\u200c determined to draw \u200battention to these left-wing get-out-the-vote efforts on college campuses\u200b and ensure that \u200bthe \u200crule of law is upheld. They believe that \u2062these campaigns,\u200c although presented \u2063as nonpartisan, have \u200dclear \u200bpolitical agendas and may \u200bundermine the fairness and integrity of \u2064elections.<\/p>\n
As the administrative law judge \u2063reviews the complaint against \u2064the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, conservatives \u200dacross the country \u2062eagerly await the outcome. \u200cThe decision in this case will not only determine the fate of\u2062 similar campaigns on the University of Wisconsin system campuses but also\u200c set \u2062a precedent \u200bfor \u2063colleges and universities\u2062 nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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