It's a sight sure to annoy Republicans here as much of the early-voting electorate held in disfavor — non-Republicans and minorities — look likely to their cast votes at variance to what the the GOP regards as proper.
Judge Frank Easterbrook,
the Republicans' go-to judge on the U.S Court of Appeals for the
Seventh Circuit, penned a bizarre opinion in this appellate circuit now
overrun with Republican-nominated judges.
Easterbrook writes that statutory discrimination against minorities is not discriminatory if discrete demographics vote in similar political fashion and reside prominently in urban jurisdictions, Luft v Evers; One Wisconsin Institute, Inc. v Jacobs, (Nos. 16-3003, 16-3052), (Marley, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel).
The opinion, in part, reinstates Republican-enacted restrictions on early, in-person voting. So, early voting began today, instead of late Sept.
No matter, the massive pro-voting campaign by private and public interests blunts any depressive effect on turn-out here, as envisioned by Easterbrook.
We've issued 106,564 absentees, of which 82,309 are returned to be counted, including 4,542 cast at our in-person absentee sites, and 2,865 returned via drop box. We have 189,244 registered voters, including 29,524 who've registered since the Aug. Primary. #MadisonVotes2020
— Madison WI Clerk (@MadisonWIClerk) October 22, 2020
The nonpartisan counteroffensive against Republicans is joined by election clerks in metro voting districts notes In These Times, pointing to public-private partnerships that have emerged in reaction against the Republican Party, (WISC-TV).
This pro-voting phenomenon is a consequence of the most comprehensive and outrageous attack on voting rights in some 50 years by the Republicans.
In-person absentee voting continues today!
— Madison WI Clerk (@MadisonWIClerk) October 21, 2020
Find a location & time that works for you. Options available thru Nov 1: https://t.co/G7sxxnYQ62.#MadisonVotes2020 #vote #elections2020 pic.twitter.com/6ipEsGqgQ8
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