Anonymous ID: 6c6e6e Dec. 14, 2020, 2:05 p.m. No.12026690   🗄️.is đź”—kun

Michigan's Electoral College delegates cast all 16 votes for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris

 

LANSING — Michigan's 16 electoral college delegates unanimously voted in support of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Monday, following state law and constitutional requirements needed for the Democratic nominee to become president in January. Traditionally this is a routine and relatively obscure undertaking, formalizing the will of Michigan voters following the presidential election. It is usually a celebration, both for the victors and for democracy. But Monday's meeting of the Electoral College in the state Senate came at a time when President Donald Trump and many of his supporters continue to allege conspiracy and fraud. Despite presenting no evidence, these allegations and subsequent vitriol led to threats against lawmakers and delegates. “Michigan has chosen a clear winner of the office of president of the United States…the people have spoken. It was a safe, fair and secure election," Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said at the beginning of the proceedings.

 

The Capitol and surrounding buildings were closed Monday because of health and safety concerns. House and Senate staff members were told to stay home; a Senate spokeswoman said buildings for the upper chamber were closed because of "credible threats of violence. While a Michigan State Police spokeswoman said Monday she was unaware of any specific threats, officers patrolled the Capitol halls and stood near entryways to the state Senate. Only a handful of protestors stood outside the Capitol, holding some signs calling for electors to support Trump.

 

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/12/14/michigans-electoral-college-16-votes-joe-biden-kamala-harris/6538683002/

Anonymous ID: 6c6e6e Dec. 14, 2020, 2:24 p.m. No.12026962   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>7107

Majority in new poll support allowing authorities to require proof of citizenship for voting

 

Those in favor outnumber those opposed by more than two to one.

 

Although it is illegal for non-citizens to vote in U.S. federal elections, a 1993 law prevents officials from requiring proof of citizenship, and 56% of registered voters in a new survey think that should change. The majority of the respondents in the new Just the News poll with Scott Rasmussen say the law should be changed so that it is legal to check voters for U.S. citizenship status. Twenty-six percent of the voters said the law should go unchanged. By political affiliations, 46% of Democrats agreed that citizenship checks should be legal, compared to 74% for Republicans. The survey was taken by 1,200 registered voters and conducted by Rasmussen from Dec. 10-12.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/polling/majority-new-poll-support-allowing-authorities-require-proof-citizenship

Anonymous ID: 6c6e6e Dec. 14, 2020, 2:33 p.m. No.12027091   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>7145

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules state erred by giving blanket exemption to voter ID rules during COVID

 

Ruling opens door to challenge potentially tens of thousands of ballots in state where difference between Biden, Trump is just about 20,000 votes.

 

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Monday that state and local election officials erred when they gave blanket permission allowing voters to declare themselves homebound and skip voter ID requirements in the 2020 election, potentially opening the door for Republicans to challenge tens of thousand of ballots. In a case challenging the practice in Dane County, one of Wisconsin's large urban center around the city of Madison, the state's highest court ruled only those voters whose "own age, physical illness or infirmity" makes them homebound could declare themselves "indefinitely confined" and avoid complying with a requirement for photo ID. The mere existence of a COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown orders was not sufficient under Wisconsin law for all persons to skip the voter ID requirements, the justices ruled. "We conclude that both the contention that electors qualify as indefinitely confined solely as the result of the COVID19 pandemic and the declared public health emergency and the contention that Wis. Stat. § 6.86(2)(a) could be used for those who 'have trouble presenting a valid ID' are erroneous because those reasons do not come within the statutory criteria," the court ruled.

 

In so doing, the court ruled that local officials like Dane County and Gov. Tony Evers did not have legal authority to exempt all voters to get an absentee ballot without an ID. Evers had issued an executive order earlier this year. "We conclude that [Evers'] Emergency Order #12 did not render all Wisconsin electors 'indefinitely confined,' thereby obviating the requirement of a valid photo identification to obtain an absentee ballot," the majority ruling concluded. The court filings indicated nearly 200,000 voters declared themselves permanently confined in the state's spring primary, a marked rise over prior years, and even more did so in the general election. The ruling opens the door for Republicans to potentially challenge those votes if it can be shown the voters weren't sick or elderly as required by the law.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/wisconsin-supreme-court-rules-state-erred-giving-blanket-exemption-voter#article