Wisconsin Republicans Vow to Stop Same-Day Voter Reg and Out-of-state College Voters

Wisconsin Republicans keep up
their effort to stop voters from voting

Wisconsin Republicans vowed to further block voters in a resolution at their annual convention in Wisconsin Dells this weekend.

The Republican delegates passed a resolution that would halt out-of-state college voters, and would end same-day voter registration, JR Ross reports.

Convention resolutions are a wish list of state Republicans, reflecting what Republicans wish were public policy.

Writes JR Ross on Saturday:

Delegates just approved resolution to end same-day registration and require voters to be registered at least 10 days before an election. Also, temporary residents (college students) would be required to vote in place of permanent residence. https://t.co/aJRyjmK71Z

— JR Ross (@jrrosswrites) May 12, 2018

That the Wisconsin Republican wish list is unconstitutional appears not to be a concern, notes Stephen Wolf.

Wisconsin Republicans plot to make voting harder & implement an unconstitutional restriction on out-of-state college student voters because they lean Dem. The Supreme Court guaranteed residential college students the right to vote at their school in Symm v. U.S. (1979) https://t.co/yUqMUmnsOf

— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) May 13, 2018

Wolf notes the United States Supreme Court decision, SYMM v. U.S , 439 U.S. 1105 (1979), (Justia), that finds the denial of college students' right to vote violates federal law, and the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Twenty-sixth Amendments of the United States Constitution.

Since 2011, Wisconsin Republicans have worked to enact a massive anti-voter legislative project, significant parts of which have been found to be unconstitutional, though a host of anti-voter initiatives remains in effect for the 2018 elections.

The Republican strategic war against voting in 2015 (Wisconsin Act 261) outlawed most Special Registration Deputies, (except for care homes), who formerly could resister voters and verify residency, and passed one of the nation's most anti-voter photo-ID laws.

This Spring Gov. Scott Walker blocked two special elections until Walker was forced by three different judges to hold the elections.