{"id":2340733,"date":"2024-09-13T13:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T17:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-privacy-law-conflicts-with-duty-to-prevent-illegal-voting\/"},"modified":"2024-09-13T13:30:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T17:30:19","slug":"wisconsin-privacy-law-conflicts-with-duty-to-prevent-illegal-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-privacy-law-conflicts-with-duty-to-prevent-illegal-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Privacy Law Conflicts With Duty To Prevent Illegal Voting"},"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%2Fwisconsin-privacy-law-conflicts-with-duty-to-prevent-illegal-voting%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=2340733&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 Wisconsin, a significant concern has emerged surrounding voting integrity, particularly regarding Sandra Klitzke, a nursing home resident \u200dfound legally incompetent to vote \u2062by a court in February 2020. Despite this ruling, Klitzke was recorded\u2063 as having voted in both the\u200c November 2020 presidential election and the April 2021 spring election. A subsequent investigation raised questions about the accuracy of Wisconsin\u2019s voter registration system, which allowed her to remain registered despite her competency status.<\/p>\n<p>Klitzke&#8217;s daughter, Lisa Goodwin, stated that neither she nor\u200c any family member completed an absentee ballot on her behalf, highlighting discrepancies in the state\u2019s\u200b voting records.\u2062 The complaint filed \u2062by the Wisconsin Voter Alliance (WVA) pointed to systemic \u2063issues within the Wisconsin Elections Commission, alleging it failed to remove ineligible voters and lacked transparency in handling\u2062 voting records related to individuals found incompetent.<\/p>\n<p>WVA has been pursuing lawsuits to access records of adjudicated incompetent individuals to understand better how many may still\u2062 be voting. \u200bA major contention in ongoing legal battles is whether the public has a right to know\u200d about potentially fraudulent\u200c voting amidst privacy concerns related \u200cto disclosing sensitive information \u2064of vulnerable \u2063individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The situation escalated\u200d following the Racine County Sheriff\u2019s investigation into\u2062 claims that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">nursing home staff<\/a> filled out ballots for residents with\u2062 cognitive impairments. The issue raises broader questions \u200babout the efficacy of \u200bthe election process\u200b in ensuring eligible voters are correctly\u2064 represented while simultaneously protecting the rights \u2064of those deemed incompetent. With varying rulings from different courts, the case underscores the \u200ctension between upholding public access to voting records and legislative protections against the release of confidential information.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/04\/05\/complaint-wisconsin-officials-sent-ballot-to-ineligible-nursing-home-resident-after-she-voted-in-last-two-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sandra Klitzke<\/a> suffered from cognitive decline for several years, and in February 2020 a court ordered that the elderly Grand Chute, Wisconsin nursing home resident was not cognitively competent to vote, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/legis.wisconsin.gov\/assembly\/22\/brandtjen\/media\/w4qlt1rp\/outagamie-county-wec-complaint-3-31-22-filed-copy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complaint<\/a> filed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So why do Wisconsin voting records show Klitzke voted in the Nov. 3, 2020 presidential election and again in the Badger State&rsquo;s April 6, 2021 spring election?<\/p>\n<p>Despite the court finding Klitzke legally incompetent and ineligible to vote, the cognitively challenged woman was still registered and listed as active to vote in <a href=\"https:\/\/legis.wisconsin.gov\/assembly\/22\/brandtjen\/media\/dmhhertu\/wisconsin-elections-commission-21622.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WisVote,<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-moves-to-clean-voter-rolls-after-finding-137-foreigners-registered-to-vote\/\" title=\"Ohio Takes Action to Purge Voter Rolls: 137 Foreign Registrations Detected\">statewide voter registration database<\/a>, according to the complaint. And yet, the WisVote records state that Klitzke, or someone on her behalf, requested and was sent an absentee ballot for the April 2022 election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Goodwin, Klitzke&rsquo;s daughter and legal guardian, could not explain why the records indicated that her mother was still actively voting and requesting ballots.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Neither I nor any other member of my immediate family completed an absentee ballot for my mother,&rdquo; Goodwin stated in the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Election law requires Wisconsin circuit court clerks to send notice to elections officials of individuals found to be ineligible to vote by reason of incompetence. But voting eligibility records related to court findings of incompetency&nbsp;are <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/statutes\/statutes\/54\/v\/75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;barred from disclosure&rdquo;<\/a> under public records law.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the Wisconsin Elections Commission&rsquo;s &ldquo;inaccurate&rdquo; voter registration data &ldquo;allows ineligible voters to vote,&rdquo; according to the complaint filed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PreservingVoterSystem\/\">Wisconsin Voter Alliance (WVA)<\/a>, an elections watchdog.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>WVA&rsquo;s president, Ron Heuer, has been trying for more than two years to get at just how many court-adjudicated ineligible voters are on the voter rolls &mdash; and just how often they&rsquo;re casting ballots.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit organization&rsquo;s efforts are at the core of a legal battle that pits claims of privacy against the public&rsquo;s right to know about fraudulent voting in Badger State elections, and whether the government is doing its job. Wisconsin Supreme Court justices heard <a href=\"https:\/\/wiseye.org\/2024\/09\/10\/wisconsin-supreme-court-wisconsin-voter-alliance-v-secord\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">oral arguments<\/a> this week in <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/wisconsin\/court-of-appeals\/2023\/2023ap000036.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Wisconsin Voter Alliance v. Secord<\/em>,<\/a> a public records case with implications for a critical swing state&rsquo;s elections and the limits of confidentiality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;Clear Legal Right&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>WVA has filed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2022\/thomas-more-society-wisconsin-underreporting-of-no-vote-guardianships-allowed-rampant-voter-abuse-at-nursing-homes-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuits in 13 Wisconsin counties<\/a> seeking records of adjudicated incompetent individuals, or <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/statutes\/statutes\/54\/v\/66\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wards<\/a>, found ineligible to vote. Judges in lower courts in Juneau and Walworth counties dismissed the open records requests. The elections watchdog appealed, losing its challenge in the liberal-led 4th District Court of Appeals in Madison and later winning in the conservative-leaning 2nd District Court of Appeals in Waukesha.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>WVA had no &ldquo;clear legal right&rdquo; to the records because they are tied to findings of incompetency, the 4th District judges <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wicourts.gov\/ca\/opinion\/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&amp;seqNo=726837\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruled<\/a> in affirming the Juneau County court&rsquo;s decision. State law prohibits the release of such confidential information, the court determined.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not long after the Madison court published its ruling, the 2nd District issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wicourts.gov\/ca\/opinion\/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&amp;seqNo=745098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2-1 decision<\/a> that found WVA indeed has a &ldquo;clear legal right&rdquo; to the documents. &ldquo;[A]cess to pubic records is a vital and internal factor in Wisconsin&rsquo;s avowed presumption towards open government,&rdquo; the majority wrote in the opinion overturning the Walworth County decision.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The legislature has expressly mandated its preferences for such open access with a statutory directive for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-keep-az-from-requiring-proof-of-citizenship-in-november\/\" title=\"DOJ: Keep AZ From Requiring Proof Of Citizenship In November\">circuit court&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s positive and plain duty to communicate voter eligibility determinations (regardless of whether a guardian is appointed) to local officials or agencies (accomplished based on direction of the Court System through WEC),&rdquo; the appeals court ruling states.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;The System &hellip; Is Not Working&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>Sam Hall Jr., the attorney representing Walworth County Circuit Court Clerk Kristina Secord in the case before the state Supreme Court, asserts the 2nd District&rsquo;s decision &ldquo;blasts open the door for the personal information of some of the most vulnerable people in our communities to be broadcast not only to those with noble and good intentions but to those who might seek to do these folks harm.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hall told the justices that voting when classified as ineligible is a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/statutes\/statutes\/939\/iv\/50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;Class I&rdquo;<\/a> felony and that there are plenty of avenues for the government to investigate incidents of adjudicated incompetent individuals illegally voting. Such investigations do not need to be conducted by private watchdog groups, the attorney argued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But WVA&rsquo;s allegation is that the government is not doing its job in removing ineligible voters from the rolls, said Justice Rebecca Bradley, one of three conservative justices on the seven-member Supreme Court.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How are the people going to know it&rsquo;s being done and hold their government officials accountable?&rdquo; Bradley asked.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Liberal Justice Rebecca Dallet scoffed at the idea that there is any proof &ldquo;any person voted illegally or even was sent a ballot &hellip;&rdquo; That notion doesn&rsquo;t stand up to the facts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Erick Kaardal, attorney for Heuer and the WVA, opened his arguments to the court by reading from a March 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/2023\/03\/dane-county-election-review-finds-dozens-of-ineligible-voters-who-cast-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">news story<\/a> from left-leaning Wisconsin Watch underscoring the election integrity shortcoming.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The system for identifying those voters and getting them out of the voter rolls is not working,&rdquo; Scott McDonell, clerk for far left Dane County, told the publication.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As Kaardal told the court, McDonell reviewed more than 1,000 records and found 95 individuals who had cast ballots despite having been disqualified from voting by a court because of incompetency. Another 23 were listed as&nbsp; registered voters in Dane County but had yet to vote as of the article&rsquo;s publication.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But the case before the state Supreme Court doesn&rsquo;t concern Dane County, the leftist justices, who hold the majority, pressed. Seemingly lost in the arguments is the fact that the WVA has been unsuccessful thus far from obtaining records from Walworth County &mdash; hence the lawsuit against Walworth County. And Kaardal noted that the issue is a statewide concern.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I understand that Walworth County is different than Dane County but the Wisconsin Elections Commission is connected to all 72 counties through the WisVote database,&rdquo; the attorney told the justices. &ldquo;The state rightly requires Walworth County and all of the other counties to send notice of voter eligibility whenever someone is adjudicated incompetent and ineligible to vote.&rdquo; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What Happened In Wisconsin Nursing Homes?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>The election integrity cracks first came into full focus in October 2021 when Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling <a href=\"https:\/\/kenoshanews.com\/eight-cases-of-election-fraud-at-racine-county-nursing-home-sheriff-schmaling-says\/article_762f8e77-e707-54e8-9d6d-26183fa5c38b.html?mode=nowapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> a department investigation into allegations that nursing home staff had <a href=\"https:\/\/kenoshanews.com\/eight-cases-of-election-fraud-at-racine-county-nursing-home-sheriff-schmaling-says\/article_762f8e77-e707-54e8-9d6d-26183fa5c38b.html?mode=nowapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filled out ballots<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">nursing home residents<\/a>. He said some of the residents were cognitively impaired, yet their absentee ballots were filled out. The sheriff sought charges against the Wisconsin Elections Commission, which, during Covid, ignored election law and issued guidance <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-df7568ffec9614d8eb28d225c6f31d1a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">locking Special Voting Deputies out<\/a> of the state&rsquo;s nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The deputies are assigned to help eligible voters living in care facilities fill out their ballots.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Racine County District Attorney Patricia Hanson ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/politics\/racine-county-district-attorney-wont-charge-nursing-home-workers-wisconsin-elections-commission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declined to file charges<\/a>, insisting that while she agreed with the substance of the case she lacked jurisdiction. Schmaling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RacineCountySheriffsOffice\/posts\/188398690118693\">said <\/a>he sought charges in Racine County because leftist Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul refused to do anything with the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin Voter Alliance asserts there is a &ldquo;dramatic difference in the number of &lsquo;no vote&rsquo; orders issued by the circuit courts in most counties and those recorded in the state&rsquo;s official voter database.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In Vernon County, the WisVote record of &lsquo;no vote&rsquo; guardianships was only 39 percent of those issued by the county&rsquo;s courts &ndash; and that was the county with most comprehensive recording of &lsquo;no vote&rsquo; wards,&rdquo; a July 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2022\/thomas-more-society-wisconsin-underreporting-of-no-vote-guardianships-allowed-rampant-voter-abuse-at-nursing-homes-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release <\/a>from the Thomas More Society noted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;Trust me. We&rsquo;re from the Government&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>The bigger problem is that public record and election laws are in conflict. Proponents of keeping the names, addresses, and other identifying information of wards off limits to the public assert the law is on their side.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But what happens when privacy concerns outweigh the public&rsquo;s right to know, particularly when it comes to election integrity?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It sounds a lot like, &lsquo;Trust me. We&rsquo;re from the government. We fill out these forms and we must be doing it right. Don&rsquo;t check us,&rsquo;&rdquo; Chief Justice Annette Ziegler said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Those on both sides of the issue agree there are holes in the law. The Republican-led legislature has passed a package of proposals that would have demanded courts notify the Elections Commission after an individual is adjudicated incompetent and no longer eligible to vote. Democrat Gov. Tony Evers vetoed the bill, as the far left executive has so often done with election integrity proposals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Like Evers, the liberal members of the Supreme Court openly showed their disdain for election integrity advocates during this week&rsquo;s oral arguments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m afraid, what it sounds to me like you are trying to do is to introduce the fear that there is some sort of illegitimacy going on in the elections in the state of Wisconsin, and that concerns me deeply,&rdquo; liberal Justice Jill Karofsky scolded Kaardal. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Justice Rebecca Bradley signaled her annoyance with Karofsky&rsquo;s &ldquo;election denier&rdquo; rhetoric, asserting that when it comes to analyzing the statutes on records access, &ldquo;It really doesn&rsquo;t matter if you are in fact, &lsquo;Trying to introduce fear into the legitimacy of elections,&rsquo; or if you are just trying to determine whether or not elections officials are doing their jobs in removing people form the polls who have lost their right to vote.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Government conduct matters. This is a case involving government conduct,&rdquo; Kaardal responded. &ldquo;What we want is eligible people to vote, and people adjudicated by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-supreme-court-reviews-two-election-cases-with-far-reaching-affects-for-voters-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Supreme Court reviews two election cases with far-reaching affects for voters - Washington Examiner\">circuit court judge ineligible<\/a> to vote not to vote.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sandra Klitzke experienced cognitive decline for several years, and in February 2020, a court determined that the elderly resident of a Grand Chute, Wisconsin nursing home was not mentally competent to vote, as stated in a complaint submitted to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. However, voting records from Wisconsin indicate that Klitzke participated in the presidential election on November 3, 2020, and again in the spring election on April 6, 2021. Despite being declared legally incompetent and thus ineligible to vote by the court, she remained registered and listed as an active voter in WisVote\u2014the statewide voter registration system. Furthermore, WisVote records show that Klitzke or someone acting on her behalf requested an absentee ballot for the April 2022 election.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Goodwin, Klitzke&#8217;s daughter and legal guardian, could not clarify why her mother appeared to be actively voting and requesting ballots. &#8220;Neither I nor any other member of my immediate family completed an absentee ballot for my mother,&#8221; Goodwin stated in her complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin law mandates that circuit court clerks notify elections officials about individuals deemed incompetent to vote due to their mental state. However, records regarding voting eligibility linked to such incompetency findings are &#8220;barred from disclosure&#8221; under public records laws. The complaint filed by the Wisconsin Voter Alliance (WVA), an organization monitoring elections integrity claims that inaccurate voter registration data allows disqualified individuals to cast votes.<\/p>\n<p>Ron Heuer, president of WVA has been attempting for over two years to ascertain how many voters adjudicated as incompetent remain on voter rolls\u2014and how frequently they are casting ballots. The nonprofit&#8217;s efforts have led to a legal dispute balancing privacy rights against public interest concerning fraudulent voting practices within Wisconsin elections.<\/p>\n<p>The case currently before the state Supreme Court\u2014Wisconsin Voter Alliance v. Secord\u2014examines these issues with significant implications for electoral processes within this pivotal swing state.<\/p>\n<p>WVA has initiated lawsuits across thirteen counties seeking access to records of individuals found legally incompetent or wards who are no longer eligible voters; however judges have dismissed these requests in some counties while others have ruled differently based on varying interpretations of confidentiality laws surrounding incompetency findings.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Hall Jr., representing Walworth County Circuit Court Clerk Kristina Secord during proceedings at the Supreme Court level argues against releasing sensitive information about vulnerable populations which could potentially be misused by malicious actors rather than serving legitimate oversight purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Rebecca Bradley raised concerns regarding government accountability when it comes ensuring only eligible voters participate while liberal Justice Rebecca Dallet questioned any evidence supporting claims of illegal voting activity among those deemed incompetent\u2014a point met with skepticism from WVA representatives citing systemic failures highlighted by local officials like Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell who reported numerous instances where disqualified individuals had voted despite their status being flagged through judicial processes meant protect electoral integrity statewide.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation into potential misconduct began gaining traction following allegations made by Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling regarding nursing home staff filling out ballots without proper authorization during COVID-19 restrictions which limited access for designated deputies tasked with assisting residents eligible under existing laws governing absentee balloting procedures\u2014an issue further complicated when local prosecutors declined pursuing charges against those involved citing jurisdictional limitations amidst political pressures surrounding election-related controversies throughout recent cycles leading up current litigation efforts aimed restoring confidence transparency governance practices affecting all citizens participating democratic process moving forward into future elections across Badger State jurisdictions alike where similar discrepancies may exist yet remain unaddressed due lack comprehensive oversight mechanisms currently available ensure compliance regulations established safeguard fair representation interests constituents served therein overall framework guiding conduct public affairs conducted behalf electorate represented therein ultimately determining outcomes shaping lives communities impacted decisions made elected officials entrusted uphold principles democracy foundational values underpinning society built upon rule law equality justice afforded every citizen regardless background circumstances faced daily life experiences encountered navigating complexities modern world today filled challenges requiring collective action cooperation foster positive change benefit everyone involved working together achieve common goals shared aspirations envisioned brighter tomorrow 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