The Democratic National Committee has requested a preliminary injunction placing a hold on the absentee voting requirement so voters can cast their ballot by mail during the coronavirus outbreak.
The DNC and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin previously filed a lawsuit to extend voter registration and suspend the proof of identity and proof of residency requirements for absentee ballot requests. Judge William Conley of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin denied the party’s motion for a restraining order, but did order the state to extend the online voter registration deadline until the end of March.
Now, the party is asking the court to postpone the deadline for mail-in registration and its ID requirements before the state’s primary on April 7.
"The United States is in the throes of an unprecedented crisis and, as COVID-19 spreads throughout the country, Wisconsinites are now subject to a 'Safer-At-Home' Order, forcing them to socially distance themselves to try to slow the spread of the disease in a communal effort to save their friends, neighbors, and families, by reducing their access to commercial and public facilities, limiting their ability to leave their homes, and prohibiting most interactions with non-household members," the DNC wrote in its filing, according to The Hill.
"Wisconsin voters including thousands of Plaintiffs’ members and constituents should not also be forced to make the untenable choice between violating a statewide order and placing their safety and others in jeopardy to exercise their fundamental right to vote.”
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Theodore Bunker, a Newsmax writer, has more than a decade covering news, media, and politics.
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