{"id":2198615,"date":"2024-03-13T16:58:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T20:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsins-left-led-supreme-court-could-bring-back-illegal-widespread-ballot-drop-boxes\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T17:07:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T21:07:26","slug":"wisconsins-left-led-supreme-court-could-bring-back-illegal-widespread-ballot-drop-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsins-left-led-supreme-court-could-bring-back-illegal-widespread-ballot-drop-boxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin&#8217;s Progressive-Dominated Supreme Court May Reinstate Controversial Ballot Drop Boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsins-left-led-supreme-court-could-bring-back-illegal-widespread-ballot-drop-boxes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2198615&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wisconsin&#8217;s political landscape saw a significant shift last year\u2062 when a razor-thin margin tilted\u200b the scales of the state&#8217;s Supreme Court. Now, the court, with \u200bits new Democratic-leaning \u2064judges, is poised to reconsider the\u200c legality of absentee ballot\u2064 drop \u200cboxes.<\/p>\n<p>The high court \u2064is gearing up to \u200b <strong>deliberate a pivotal case<\/strong> that has \u200cthe potential to undo a \u2063previous ruling, which strictly\u200c mandated that absentee ballots be handed over in-person. This litigation,\u2063 propelled by the left-leaning \u200bElias\u2064 Law Group, challenges the stance\u2064 that voters \u200care restricted to returning their \u200cballots directly to clerk&#8217;s\u2062 offices or other official sites approved by election authorities.<\/p>\n<p>At the\u2064 heart of this legal battle is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2012\/10\/soros-unions-lead-big-priorities-usa-haul-082907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Priorities USA<\/a>, a\u2062 formidable PAC \u2062with \u2063ties to George Soros, joined \u2062by\u200b the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans and \u200ban individual voter. Notably, Priorities USA is a major player committed to steering at least $75 \u2064million to bolster President Biden&#8217;s re-election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>With <strong>oral arguments \u200bon the horizon for \u2064May \u206213<\/strong>, the case has attracted notable attention.<\/p>\n<h2>The Dissenting Voices<\/h2>\n<p>Chief Justice Annette Ziegler and Justice Rebecca Bradley \u2062represent the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-ceo-calls-for-regulations-that-would-stifle-competitors\/\" title=\"Facebook CEO Calls for Regulations That Would Stifle Competitors\">dissenting opinions<\/a> within the court,\u200d voicing concerns that \u200bthe \u200dcourt&#8217;s\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/am-i-dreaming-michael-knowles-pleasantly-surprised-as-democrat-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-bemoans-prayer-leaving-schools\/\" title=\"\u2018Am I Dreaming?\u2019: Michael Knowles Pleasantly Surprised As Democrat NYC Mayor Eric Adams Bemoans Prayer Leaving Schools\">left-leaning members<\/a> are aiming to tip the electoral scales. \u200bBradley&#8217;s stern dissent warns of \u2064political\u2062 motives and the potential upheaval of election protocols ahead of critical polls, foreseeing &#8220;chaos and confusion&#8221; for Wisconsin&#8217;s electorate and administration.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>    &#8220;Finding the\u2064 decision politically \u2062inconvenient, \u200band emboldened by a \u200bnew makeup of the court, this new majority embraces \u2064the opportunity to overturn (the 2022 ruling). The majority\u2019s decision \u200dto \u200ddo so will upset the status quo of election administration mere \u200bmonths before\u2062 a presidential election and\u200c lead to chaos\u2062 and confusion for Wisconsin voters and election \u2064officials,&#8221; Bradley\u2063 wrote.\n  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>The 2022\u200b Precedent<\/h3>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s decision was unequivocal: it stripped the Wisconsin Elections Commission of\u2063 the power to \u200bunilaterally\u2064 authorize \u2062ballot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-caught-them-lin-wood-outed-mysterious-georgia-operative-gabe-sterling-now-video-shows-him-admitting-he-helped-set-up-drop-boxes-and-promoted-far-left-activists-as-absentee-ballot-counters\/\" title=\"WE CAUGHT THEM: Lin Wood Outed Mysterious Georgia Operative Gabe Sterling - Now Video Shows Him Admitting He Helped Set Up Drop Boxes and Promoted Far Left Activists as Absentee Ballot Counters\">drop boxes<\/a>. The ruling reaffirmed the legislature&#8217;s authority, \u200bemphasizing that any ballot \u200bmust be mailed or personally\u2064 delivered by\u200d the voter according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-ca-gov-overstepped-his-authority-with-covid-order-issues-permanent-injunction-restraining-newsom-from-further-issuing-unconstitutional-orders\/\" title=\"Judge Rules CA Gov Overstepped His Authority with Covid Order, Issues Permanent Injunction Restraining Newsom From Further Issuing Unconstitutional Orders\">state law<\/a>. As such, <strong>drop boxes \u2063were deemed\u200d incompatible with \u200cWisconsin statutes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Spotlight on Election Integrity<\/h2>\n<p>This\u200d courtroom saga can \u2064be traced back to the \u200ccontentious 2020 presidential race. Several cities faced \u2062allegations of employing unauthorized drop boxes. \u2063The original lawsuit sprung from a partnership between these\u200b locales and the nonprofit \u200dCenter for Tech and \u200bCivic Life, which was said\u2063 to have orchestrated \u2062voting drives \u2064with little regard \u2064for Covid-19 safety under the\u200c guise\u200d of \u200cthe &#8216;Wisconsin Safe Voting Plan&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, this plan involved hefty private grants largely targeted at select\u200d voter demographics. Moreover, analysis by \u200dThe Federalist&#8217;s Shawn Fleetwood revealed <strong>Mark Zuckerberg\u2062 as a financial backer<\/strong> of \u2064the CTCL, which distributed funds\u200c predominantly to localities that leaned in favor of the opposition party. \u200cThis distribution \u2062of &#8216;Zuck Bucks&#8217;, as some have referred to the grants, has cast a long shadow\u200c over the\u200d controversy.<\/p>\n<p>During the\u2062 pandemic, absentee voting soared, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-intervenes-in-marc-elias-wisconsin-election-integrity-lawsuit\/\" title=\"RNC steps in on Elias' WI election integrity case.\">drop\u200b boxes<\/a> becoming a fixture\u200d for numerous \u200cWisconsinites. However, the outcome of this legal dispute could redefine voting habits, as Trump&#8217;s narrow defeat in Milwaukee \u2014 a region dotted with these drop \u2064boxes \u2014 showcased the significant \u2064impact of absentee ballots.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Brianna Lyman is an \u200celections correspondent at The Federalist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin&#8217;s Supreme Court, now with a leftist majority, is set to review a ban on ballot drop boxes following a challenge by Marc Elias&#8217; law group, potentially reversing a 2022 ruling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2198616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ballot_Drop_Box-e1710351183974.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2198615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ballot_Drop_Box-e1710351183974.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2198615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2198616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2198615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2198615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2198615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}