"Justices concluded that it’s up to each voter - not the county clerks or anyone else - to decide if and when they qualify as indefinitely confined."
"After a string of defeats in court, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling comes as much needed victory for President Trump." https://twitter.com/Wizard_Predicts/status/1338526356519399424
"After a string of defeats in court, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling comes as much needed victory for President Trump." https://twitter.com/Wizard_Predicts/status/1338526356519399424
"Under Wisconsin law, a voter may receive a ballot by mail and bypass Wisconsin’s voter ID law"
IF
"the voter, by his own determination, concludes he is “confined” based on age, physical illness, or infirmity."
IF
"the voter, by his own determination, concludes he is “confined” based on age, physical illness, or infirmity."
"This fall, roughly 215,000 voters in Wisconsin said they were indefinitely confined, nearly a four-fold increase from the 2016 election."
"The court said the government’s interpretation of Wisconsin’s indefinitely confined was erroneous. “A county clerk may not “declare” that any elector is indefinitely confined due to a pandemic."
"Local elections officials were wrong to suggest that voters could claim the status of “indefinitely confined” based on COVID-19."
"The majority decision also held that if voters falsely claimed they were indefinitely confined “their ballots would not count.”"
"The majority decision also held that if voters falsely claimed they were indefinitely confined “their ballots would not count.”"
"The court noted that a determination must be made in every case before tossing a ballot, as President Trump has sought in a separate lawsuit."
There are two separate cases at play.
This one addressed above: https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=315283 https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/12/14/wisconsin-supreme-court-leaves-voters-decide-confined-status/6539363002/
This one addressed above: https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=315283 https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/12/14/wisconsin-supreme-court-leaves-voters-decide-confined-status/6539363002/