{"id":2637778,"date":"2026-07-30T11:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-try-to-thwart-democracy-again-in-wisconsin-subvert-voting-laws-to-get-establishment-candidate-nominated\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T11:19:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:19:20","slug":"dems-try-to-thwart-democracy-again-in-wisconsin-subvert-voting-laws-to-get-establishment-candidate-nominated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-try-to-thwart-democracy-again-in-wisconsin-subvert-voting-laws-to-get-establishment-candidate-nominated\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Try to Thwart Democracy Again in Wisconsin, Subvert Voting Laws to Get Establishment Candidate Nominated"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fdems-try-to-thwart-democracy-again-in-wisconsin-subvert-voting-laws-to-get-establishment-candidate-nominated%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=2637778&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>The provided content discusses recent political developments and controversies surrounding the Democratic Party, primarily focusing on Wisconsin&#8217;s primary election process. It highlights the party&#8217;s efforts to change rules allowing voters to modify absentee ballots after they&#8217;ve been cast, which a judge denied, citing legal clarity on ballot spoilage. The article criticizes Democrats for allegedly manipulating election rules to favor certain candidates and for thwarting candidates deemed less electable,exemplified by the removal of socialist candidate Francesca Hong and the replacement of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner following scandal allegations. It also references past instances where the party has interfered in primaries and national elections to influence outcomes.the piece portrays the Democratic Party as undemocratic in practice,prioritizing party control over clear democratic processes.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t be a major election if it weren\u2019t for the Democratic Party trying to tip the scales in favor of the establishment candidate.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest example of Democrats not being fans of the messiness of democracy, Wisconsin Democrats lost a court battle to allow changing absentee ballots that have already been cast.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party wanted to encourage a rare process called \u201cballot spoiling\u201d whereby a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/madness-court-rules-undated-mail-ballots-legitimate-point-even-cutoff-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cast ballot<\/a> can be changed.<\/p>\n<p>Dane County Circuit Judge David Conway ruled on Wednesday that \u201cthe unambiguous language of the statute does not allow a voter to spoil an absentee ballot after it is returned,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wisconsin-primary-voters-absentee-ballots-democrats-e771822db24605c2ff609317c77da267\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>At stake is managing the establishment favorite during what the Associated Press charitably called \u201ca chaotic party primary in the governor\u2019s race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State Assembly Rep. Francesca Hong, a socialist who can\u2019t even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/francesca-hong-sued-over-credit-card-debts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manage<\/a> her own personal budget, wants to manage the state. She\u2019s led in most polls, partially because of the Democratic Socialists of America insurgency of 2026 and partially because of the election law chaos.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez was the favorite of the establishment. But then, earlier this month, she also discovered that she was pretty terrible at keeping track of money. After discovering she lacked the money for a major ad spend, she exited the race \u2014 blaming her former campaign manager for double-counting donations and not counting expenses in her campaign account, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2026\/rodriguez-blames-former-campaign-manager-for-financial-irregularities-rival-calls-problems-disqualifying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WisPolitics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This meant that another establishment favorite that had exited the race before Rodriguez quit, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, reentered the race.<\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s the fact that ballots were mailed out before another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-socialist-running-wisconsin-governor-calls-hospitals-cowardly-refusing-pediatric-sex-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">non-Hong<\/a> candidate, former Wisconsin economic development director Missy Hughes, also exited the race.<\/p>\n<p>Got that?<\/p>\n<p>Now, all of this would have been solved if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/thune-signals-save-act-dead-senate-skip-voting-primaries--blame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">we simply stuck to Election Day<\/a> as opposed to election month-and-three-quarters. However, if we\u2019re going to have mass mail-in and early voting, we need to have rules governing those processes, and those rules can\u2019t just be whatever party suzerains decide they are when it benefits them.<\/p>\n<p>The fact is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wisconsin-socialist-gov-candidates-campaign-denies-wants-abolish-senate-despite-post-campaign-acct-saying-abolish-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that Hong<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/milwaukeecourier.com\/news\/2026\/07\/29\/francesca-hong-running-away-with-the-democratic-primary-for-wisconsin-governor-polling-shows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ahead<\/a> in most polls for the primary, but puts the general election into doubt because\u2026 well, maybe this appeals to feckless youngsters, but those of us who have some experience and a job don\u2019t want this kind of person running our state:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The entire world needs to watch this video of socialist Francesca Hong, who is running away with the Democrat nomination for governor of Wisconsin. She is aggressively incoherent and utterly insane. In other words, the perfect socialist candidate! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mec84FOfJ9\">pic.twitter.com\/Mec84FOfJ9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan O\u2019Donnell (@DanODonnellShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanODonnellShow\/status\/2082564520782770629?\">July 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ergo, the fact that 117,000 absentee ballots have been returned as of Wednesday and many of those probably have candidates who have dropped out marked as their preference for governor represents a serious issue, which is why Democrats wanted to abrogate the rules to allow people to effectively vote again.<\/p>\n<p>Their explanation? \u201cVoters across Wisconsin will be disenfranchised,\u201d attorney Eduardo Castro said in court Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, voters will have their right to vote taken away if we don\u2019t change the rules for voting so that they can re-vote. Got that?<\/p>\n<p>This wouldn\u2019t be much news, aside from the fact that the Democrats are trying to thwart another candidate over electability concerns \u2014 something they\u2019ve done over and over for the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the only time they\u2019ve done it this election cycle. As you probably remember, despite a long list of red flags, socialist hobbyist oysterman Graham Platner won the Maine U.S. Senate primary in a must-win seat for the left.<\/p>\n<p>Then came a (quite predictable, it must be noted) sexual assault allegation, at which point the Democrats demanded he step down from the seat he was duly nominated for so that they could select his replacement \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-2-0-coronation-platners-replacement-proves-dems-havent-learned-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson<\/a>, who didn\u2019t get a single primary vote.<\/p>\n<p>This came just two years after they did the same thing for president, subbing in Vice President Kamala Harris for President Joe Biden on the 2024 ticket when Biden stumbled in a debate. And it came 10 years after leaked Democratic National Committee s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2016\/jul\/23\/dnc-s-wikileaks-hillary-bernie-sanders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> that party officials put their thumb on the scales for Hillary Clinton so that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders couldn\u2019t win the 2016 presidential nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Francesca Hong proves that, yet again, the Democrats think rules are for the little people. 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