Discussion: Voting Rights and Election Law

[MagnarTheGreat]

Impeachment requires only a majority of the Wisconsin assembly. Conviction requires a supermajority in Wisconsin. Same as federal (majority in House, supermajority in Senate).

CBS News - GOP lawmaker, Dem attorney battle for Wisconsin Senate seat

A Knodl win also would enable Republicans to impeach Democratic rivals in the executive and judicial branches. Fifty votes in the Assembly is enough to trigger an impeachment trial in the Senate. It would take a two-thirds majority vote in that house to convict.

What this new Supreme Court majority in Wisconsin can do is decide that impeachment is invalid for violating the Constitution of Wisconsin, though they could split 3-3 if the new Justice is recused unless another justice joins with the liberals.

Can a majority in the Wisconsin Assembly impeach elected officials? - Wisconsin Watch

If a majority of the state Assembly votes in favor of impeachment, the state Senate tries the impeachment. If two-thirds of the state Senate votes in favor of conviction, an impeached official would be removed and could be disqualified from holding “any office of honor, profit or trust under the state.” Republicans now have a two-thirds majority in the state Senate as a result of the 2022 midterm elections.

The Wisconsin Constitution gives the Wisconsin Legislature “the power of impeaching all civil officers of this state for corrupt conduct in office, or for crimes and misdemeanors.” (Civil officer is not defined, however.)

The only impeachment proceedings in Wisconsin history took place against a state Supreme Court justice in the mid-1800s — and he was acquitted.

 

[mclay18]

Yeah, as I suspected, hot air from Wisconsin Republicans.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Hill - Republicans grapple with their weakness among Generation Z voters

Political Wire - Florida Election Bill Could Suppress Student Vote

Their solution is to reduce/stop young people from voting.

 

[squeekness]

The Hill - Republicans grapple with their weakness among Generation Z voters

Political Wire - Florida Election Bill Could Suppress Student Vote

Their solution is to reduce/stop young people from voting.

How long Iong before no one in that state besides Republicans can vote?

 

[Teelie]

They already tried a dry run at it so maybe 2028?

 

[squeekness]

They already tried a dry run at it so maybe 2028?

Scary times. I'm glad DeSantis' popularity is falling, but if too many of his cronies stay in place that's still not good.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Daily Kos - Morning Digest: Montana GOP plots one-time election law change to screw over Jon Tester

MT-Sen: Republicans in the Montana state Senate on Tuesday evening passed a bill to change the rules for the 2024 U.S. Senate election―and only the 2024 U.S. Senate election―in a move Democrats blasted as a "partisan power grab" aimed at weakening Democratic incumbent Jon Tester in a tough state. The proposed legislation would do away with partisan primaries and instead require all the candidates to compete on one ballot. The top-two vote-getters would be advancing to next year's general election, and there's little question that neither of them would be an independent or belong to a third party.

State Sen. Greg Hertz, a Republican who sponsored the legislation, insisted he was trying to put this top-two primary system, which is already in use in California and Washington state, in place because "[w]e want to make sure that the winning U.S. senator has more than 50% of the supporting people in Montana." He also defended the decision to put this in place for just one race in just one year, saying that he was picking the U.S. Senate race for a top-two "test run" because of the power of the office and its six-year term.

Critics argued this was no more than a scheme to weaken Tester, and Tester only, in a state where Republicans frequently complain that Libertarian Party candidates cost them vital support. The senator himself won his 2006 contest by unseating Republican incumbent Conrad Burns with a 49-48 plurality, and he defended his seat six years later by pulling off a 49-45 victory in another race where a Libertarian claimed the balance. Tester won reelection in 2018 with a 50-47 majority against Republican Matt Rosendale, who may challenge him again this cycle, with the rest once again going to the Libertarians.

 

[mclay18]

Here’s a thorough piece on why WI Rs won’t impeach Judge Janet.

Impeachment: Could Republicans remove Janet Protasiewicz?

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

‘Can I vote?’ Florida’s new elections bill leaves voters in the dark — by design | Opinion

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[squeekness]

They should just put on their Nazi armbands and get it over with.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Bloomberg News - The GOP Is Making It Harder for College Students to Vote

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Rs messing with 2024 election continues:

Texas Senate Passes Bill To Seize Control of Elections from Local Authorities

I expect more of this between now and January 2025 and beyond.

 

[Teelie]

And the Supreme Court will give it a pass.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Idaho Capital Sun - GOP, Dems raise concerns about new law eliminating Idaho’s March presidential primary election

Associated Press - Montana shelves GOP proposal to alter US Senate primary

Daily Kos - North Dakota GOP passes measure to make ballot initiatives harder and thwart progressive victories

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Ohio Capital Journal - The shame of Ohio: Corrupt, gerrymandered Statehouse Republicans assault voters, again (op-ed)

 

[squeekness]

The party of liars and cheats.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Daily Kos - PA commissioners who secretly copied 2020 voting machine data slapped [by PA Supreme Court] with contempt sanctions

 

[squeekness]

Daily Kos - PA commissioners who secretly copied 2020 voting machine data slapped [by PA Supreme Court] with contempt sanctions

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[squeekness]

What? A vote doesn't count unless you walk ten miles uphill both ways?

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

AZ Mirror - AZGOP must pay Secretary of State’s legal fees for ‘bad-faith’ 2020 election lawsuit: appeals court

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Psst. We all know you're just trying to cheat.