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From Breitbart: A loophole in Wisconsin election laws poses a significant risk to election integrity, a report finds.
More than 140,000 Wisconsinites can vote in the 2024 election without proving their identify by self-identifying as “Indefinitely Confined,” a new report by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty reveals. Through the loophole, voters can receive an absentee ballot indefinitely without ever showing an ID.
The “Indefinitely Confined” exception has skyrocketed since 2016, when approximately 66,000 voters registered under the status. In 2020 amid the pandemic, 265,979 registered under the exemption, when clerks in Democratic strongholds encouraged voters to exploit the loophole to circumvent Wisconsin’s voter ID requirements in 2020 – a practice later rebuked unanimously by the Supreme Court.
Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the state by just over 20,000 votes, in a swing of around 48,000 votes to Democrats from the 2016 election when Trump carried the state.
Below is a key excerpt from the WILL report:
Laws requiring voter identification enjoy broad bipartisan support in Wisconsin, with 84% of residents in favor, including 81% of Independents and 70% of Democrats. Wisconsin already has robust voter ID requirements in place; however, there is a significant loophole—our state’s “indefinitely confined” status which allows voters to cast a ballot without ever showing an ID. The status is designed to provide an opportunity to vote for those who are too elderly, sick, or physically unable to get to the polls. However, the use of this exception has surged since 2016.
In 2016, approximately 66,000 voters were registered under this status. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the number of voters registered as indefinitely confined skyrocketed to about 265,979. Clerks in Dane and Milwaukee counties used the presence of the pandemic to encourage voters to adopt this status and avoid voter ID requirements, a move which was eventually unanimously rebuked by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Despite the pandemic coming to an end, this number remains at about 144,347 today—116% higher than 2016.
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— WILL (@WILawLiberty) September 9, 2024
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