If we've learned one thing in the last decade, it's that Wisconsin GOP members do not care about ethics or the law. They have no regard for negotiation, no intention to apologize, and ask but one simple question to the other side of the aisle and their constituents: What are ya gonna do about it?
By now , many realize the election process here has been malformed for a good long while , and again, the questions comes up, but this time the offended party asks: What can we do about it? The governor has obviously been bought and paid for the entire time he's been in office , and long before. The Koch brothers, being sociopaths, have no conscience....
I was a federal inmate at the Reeves County Detention 3, managed by Geo Group. Inmates are routinely denied medical care as a way of boosting corporate revenue. The guards are inexperienced and out number by inmates at a rate of 100 to 1 creating an extremely volatile and unsafe environment for both inmates and the local community. There has been at least 7 negligent homicides that I personally witnessed or personally know of over the last 8 years and yet the federal bureau of prisons does nothing to correct the appalling conditions that exist because all 100% of the inmates are immigrants most of witch will be deported after release.
The list of the ways in which the GOP is attempting to restrict the vote is getting longer and longer in the state. Here are a few other highlights in case you are not keeping count.
The WI GOP:
Reduced the early voting period from 30 to 12 days.
Further cut early voting opportunities by eliminating it on weekends and in the evening.
Eliminated straight-ticket voting for all but overseas and military voters, adding to wait times at the polls.
Required proof of residence when registering to vote, except for overseas or military voters.
Barred the state from certifying statewide voter registrars (SDRs), meaning anyone who registers voters can only do so in a particular county where they’re certified.
Made it harder for college students to use their IDs as proof of residence when registering to vote.
Increased residency requirements from 10 to 28 days, except for presidential elections.
Required that those who move within the state in the four weeks prior to an election vote in their old location not their new one.
Eliminated the faxing or emailing of absentee ballots, except to overseas or military voters.
Barred municipal clerks from returning absentee ballots to voters so they can fix mistakes.
Required that an area for poll monitors be set up between three and eight feet from the table where voters "sign in."
Hard to see this as anything other than a distinct trend.
Surely you have parallel efforts accusing banks, liquor stores, airlines, UHaul franchises and pawn shops of racist attempts to decrease their customer base, yes? Is an ID required to visit a Dem senator's Madison office? You're an inept liar.
Governor Walker and the Wisconsin GOP have no sense of decency and no end of appetite to control everything and everybody. The more opaque they can make our government, the more they can conjure behind the closed door schemes without being bothered by the bothersome electorate. Wisconsin has become the plum to be picked by the GOP, and they will take it all...and then chop down the tree for good measure. Sad, Sad, Sad.
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