{"id":2288249,"date":"2024-07-02T18:51:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T22:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-judge-changes-election-law-in-battleground-wisconsin-only-months-before-presidential-election\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T18:55:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T22:55:24","slug":"liberal-judge-changes-election-law-in-battleground-wisconsin-only-months-before-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-judge-changes-election-law-in-battleground-wisconsin-only-months-before-presidential-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Judge Changes Election Law in Battleground Wisconsin Only Months Before Presidential Election"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fliberal-judge-changes-election-law-in-battleground-wisconsin-only-months-before-presidential-election%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=2288249&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--><p>In the 2020 presidential election, Wisconsin faced \u2063issues \u2063tabulating \u200cits absentee ballots, including flash\u2064 drives containing vote \u200dtabulations delivered the morning after. A new temporary change in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-voted-in-gop-primaries-to-block-trump-pick\/\" title=\"Democrats Voted In GOP Primaries To Block Trump Pick\">election law allowing<\/a> certain voters to \u2063request electronic\u2064 ballots may cause problems in the upcoming\u2062 election. This ruling, issued\u200c by Dane County Circuit Judge Everett \u2062Mitchell, allows voters with print disabilities to request a ballot. Republicans in the state are fighting the ruling, arguing\u200b it disrupts the status quo before the\u2063 election. \u2062Judge Mitchell has a history of performing partisan antics, and the ruling leaves local\u2062 officials\u2062 little time\u2063 to adjust.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/%20\"><span>Michael Austin<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 2, 2024 at 3:12pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>In the 2020 presidential election, Wisconsin faced numerous issues tabulating its absentee ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Famously, two flash drives containing vote tabulations were delivered to the Milwaukee County Election Commission the morning after the 2020 election, as reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/18\/us-news\/milwaukee-election-commission-has-a-new-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One was forgotten and then added to the count later, fueling intense controversy given that President Joe Biden won the state by a minuscule 21,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a new temporary change in election law instituted last week, the state may very well run into problems tabulating votes effectively yet again this upcoming election<\/p>\n<p>The new rule, issued via injunction by Dane County Circuit Judge Everett Mitchell, allows certain voters to request electronic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/multiple-democrats-arrested-charged-unlawful-possession-absentee-ballots-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ballots<\/a> and then mail those ballots back in, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/02\/us-news\/wisconsin-absentee-voting-law-changed-months-before-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The temporary injunction is meant to stay in effect through the election.<\/p>\n<p>Voters with \u201cprint disabilities\u201d \u2014 those with disabilities rendering them unable to read \u2014 will now be among those who can request a ballot as a result of the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-interaction-wisconsin-police-officers-triggers-touch-leftists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wisconsin<\/a> law, military members and voters overseas are also allowed to request such ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Even employees of Democrats working in the state government are worried that the law may lead to another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-governor-announces-swing-state-will-now-have-automatic-voter-registration\/\" title=\"Governor announces automatic voter registration in swing state.\">chaotic election season<\/a> in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>During a June hearing, deputy attorneys in the office of Democrat Attorney General Josh Kaul told Mitchell that the move would create confusion and security risks, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/disabled-voters-wisconsin-lawsuit-a6559b04865c96dfd828af3e8273f5b7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis court cannot change the rules of the election now \u2026 regardless of how hard or easy it is to make those changes,\u201d one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-antrim-co-forensic-report-bombshell-reveals-dominion-machines-were-set-at-68-05-error-ratemeaning-68-05-of-ballots-could-be-sent-out-for-mass-adjudication-giving-individuals-or-ma\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Antrim Co. Forensic Report BOMBSHELL Reveals Dominion Machines Were Set At 68.05% Error Rate\u2026Meaning 68.05% Of Ballots Could Be Sent Out For Mass Adjudication, Giving Individuals Or Machines Ability To Change 68.05% Of Votes\">assistant attorney<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, according to the Post, the ruling\u2019s timing only a few months ahead of the election leaves local election officials \u201clittle time to make the adjustment\u201d to the new rule.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans in the state are fighting back as well.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/disabled-voters-wisconsin-electronic-ballots-appeal-republicans-79b7bfbfcbb0c290b16f46948a4fd1e9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>, Wisconsin Republicans appealed the ruling Friday, arguing Mitchell was wrong to grant the injunction to plaintiffs who are unlikely to win their case.<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans also argue that the move disrupts the status quo just months before the election.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Mitchell has a history of performing partisan antics.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Post, the judge once argued criminals who steal from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sanders-right-wing-republicans-want-newsom-out-celebrity-chef-90-of-my-restaurant-owner-friends-are-dems-they-want-him-gone\/\" title=\"Sanders: \u2018Right-Wing Republicans\u2019 Want Newsom Out. Celebrity Chef: 90% Of My Restaurant-Owner Friends Are Dems. They Want Him Gone.\">big-box stores<\/a> should not face prosecution.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 2020 presidential election, Wisconsin had difficulties counting its absentee ballots, including two flash drives with vote tabulations being delivered late. A new temporary change in election law, allowing certain voters to request electronic ballots, has caused concern for potential issues in the upcoming election. Democrats and Republicans in the state are both worried about the impact of this new rule, with Republicans appealing the ruling. Judge Everett Mitchell, who issued the injunction, has a history of controversial decisions. The Western Journal is urging readers to support their efforts to fight against potential election interference in 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2093,"featured_media":2288250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture-33.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33739,5387,5206,32183,4124],"class_list":["post-2288249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-election-law","tag-judge","tag-liberal","tag-presidential-election","tag-wisconsin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture-33.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288249","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\/2093"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2288249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2288250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2288249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2288249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}