The republican coup in Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Republicans Push to Take Over the State’s Elections (Published 2021)

Led by Senator Ron Johnson, G.O.P. officials want to eliminate a bipartisan elections agency — and maybe send its members to jail.

www.nytimes.com

Led by Senator Ron Johnson, G.O.P. officials want to eliminate a bipartisan elections agency — and maybe send its members to jail.

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Republicans in Wisconsin are engaged in an all-out assault on the state’s election system, building off their attempts to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential race by pressing to give themselves full control over voting in the state.

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Then the Trump-aligned sheriff of Racine County, the state’s fifth most populous county, recommended felony charges against five of the six members of the election commission for guidance they had given to municipal clerks early in the pandemic. The Republican majority leader of the State Senate later seemed to give a green light to that proposal, saying that “prosecutors around the state” should determine whether to bring charges.

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Ms. Wolfe said on Thursday that Republicans’ goal was “to pressure nonpartisan election administrators like me into resigning or vacating the election space so we can be replaced by political actors who can be convinced to carry out a partisan mission.”

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“There’s real consequences to this. It’s designed to take away the guardrails to our democracy that keep us fair and free.”

required personal commentary:
Wisconsin has already made it far more difficult for urban voters to vote then rural. Several hour wait times to vote if you live in a blue area. It is already very difficult for blue voters in Wisconsin to vote. That is no longer enough.

The republicans are implementing a coup in order to make it nearly impossible for blue voters to vote in Wisconsin.

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It is quite interesting to read the following statement from the "Who we are page" of the GOP website.

About Our Party | GOP

Learn about the Republican Party’s platform.

www.gop.com

Initially united in 1854 by the promise to abolish slavery, the Republican Party has always stood for freedom, prosperity, and opportunity. Today, as those principles come under attack from the far-left, we are engaged in a national effort to fight for our proven agenda, take our message to every American, grow the party, promote election integrity, and elect Republicans up and down the ballot.