Major Absentee Voting Case Headed to Wisconsin Supreme Court

On May 13, the Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a case arguing that drop boxes should be reinstated in the battleground state. Marc and Paige explain what’s going on in the lawsuit, what to look for in oral argument and the potential electoral impact of the court’s decision.
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[@diannabryzicki7111]

Thank you for defending our Republic from those who want to destroy it.

[@prolifelatterdaysaint0000]

Hahahaha the Dems want to destroy it

[@AdamBladeTaylor]

Thanks for proving you despise democracy and America.

[@FullCup]

Why are Republicans so afraid of people voting?​@@prolifelatterdaysaint0000

[@karensagal8230]

@@prolifelatterdaysaint0000 THEY aren't the ones trying to make it harder for ALL people to vote!

[@richietattersall2122]

​​@@prolifelatterdaysaint0000 You are INSANE!!!

[@theresatheresa6078]

Please continue fighting for voting 🗳 rights towards 2024. We will be at the ballot

[@karencurtis4604]

So, with all the GOP flap over mail in ballots and boxes; what is their plan to get 300 million people to vote on one day????🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ Very tired of all the crap without solutions. OMGOSH

[@AdamBladeTaylor]

They don't WANT people voting. The more people who vote the less chance Republicans have of winning.

[@mariondowney4103]

They do not want you to vote

[@joels5150]

There aren’t 300 million eligible voters, the number is closer to 225 million. Still voter turnout is almost never above 160 million, which leaves about 30% of potential voters too lazy to do their civic duty. It’s a sad state of affairs, but it makes what Republicans are trying to do even more of a threat to democracy.

[@JayMS916]

​@@mariondowney4103- Exactly. When people vote, they lose.

[@BarbaraCarrier-ld9sr]

Here in AZ I have seen old people & people with little babies standing in long lines in the hot hot heat to vote. Vote BLUE because our democracy is on the ballot.

[@susangreene6449]

Thank you Marc and Paige and for fighting for our Democracy in real time. VOTE BLUE VOTE BLUE VOTE BLUE VOTE BLUE

[@drstone1167]

🆘 Democrats and Joe Biden want ballot boxes in Wisconsin so they can cheat again in this election dropping thousands of fraudulent votes into them. The Democrats Supreme Court will probably approve them because they are biased and corrupt as hell.

[@debrajames6286]

Thank you Paige and Marc, our Democracy warriors. This 71 year old great-grandma is thanking a ton.🇺🇲💙🦅🗽⚖️💙🗳️🇺🇲

[@laurameans7904]

Thank you Mark for all you do for our Democracy 🇺🇸💙 God bless you and your team 🙏💙

[@danielheierbacher8446]

Thank you so much! The war on drop boxes has to do the Republicans NEVER wanted to make voting for the PEOPLE easier.

[@hollyjohnson8708]

Thanks for covering our state. The Republicans are doing everything possible to keep us from voting, as always. The last time we voted, I had to walk to the church where I voted in the snow because my car wasn't working. I would have walked a mile just to get my say. We Wisconsinites are sick of the incessant interference. I think we can outvote the Republicans anyway!

[@seanpalmieri8711]

Thank you we need you to stop this autocracy push

[@J.M.-nb4gw]

I sure hope so, unfortunately here in Indiana Republicans have an even stronger grip on our state government and we have nobody helping us to undo their extreme gerrymandering 😢

[@Opfzzwm4-7tvstkjpU]

This case illustrates another way in which our country’s democracy hangs by a thread. Excellent work, Marc!

[@ninalehman9054]

With the appointment of Mr DeJoy as head of USPS, he has done many things which make no sense if the objective is timely delivery of our mail. For example, he removed a large mail processing facility here in Tucson, so now our mail must be shipped up to Phoenix for sorting, then shipped back to Tucson, causing delays. I believe the delays are part of an attempt to interfere with mail-in voting. Arizona has had vote by mail for three decades, and it was never an issue until the 2020 election. Republicans managed to win most of the elections during those 3 decades. It wasn’t until Trump himself targeted vote by mail that it became favored by Democrats but not Republicans! Anyway, DeJoy now wants to move a mail processing facility from Reno, NV to Sacramento, CA. At the same time, the RNC is suing Nevada over counting mail-in ballots past midnight on Election Day. They want to ensure that any ballots not received before Election Day be excluded, even if they were postmarked before the deadline. So if the post office slow-walks processing of ballots (which are mailed in distinctive envelopes) and people’s ballots are delivered late, those voters become disenfranchised if this lawsuit is successful.

[@VictorG930]

I thought he was to be replaced , how is he still there , remember the president saying there was some technical issue that was to be sorted out , so his replacement could be done , looks like it got lost , he is going to plan another sabotaging near to the election?

[@sandralowe6052]

Dejoy must be removed from office before the election period. He is destroying the usps more and more everyday he is in charge. More and more carriers are retiring because of his stupidity. End Dejoys rein of terrorism on the postal service.

[@WJV9]

DeJoy is a Trump appointee who was placed in the job to make the Post Office fail and encourage congress to 'Privatize' the postal service. He and his supporters closed important postal sorting centers and sold expensive postal sorting equipment for scrap just to make our postal system less efficient. He claimed to be trying to reduce costs but I would guess that shipping mail back/forth to a few sorting centers will end up costing more and taking letters longer to reach their destination. I think frustrating postal customers is the point, just as MAGA loves to talk about government being the problem, they purposely cripple government programs and they point out how badly the programs are working so they can defund and eliminate the programs altogether. Shrink government is the goal and making government work poorly is how they plan to achieve that goal.

[@kathleenhack3897]

I always vote. I hobbled up the pole steps with a fractured pelvis and go my voteted early and there were only a few voters there. I won't vote by mail as the postal service take to long and if my signature looks different they thrw my ballot out. I want my vote counted. This year I'll be there early again and make sure my vote counts. 🇺🇲

[@grahamcampbell8297]

The composition of the court shouldn’t matter at all, but the MAGA Republican justices are so rabidly partisan America is now getting political decisions from the courts, not judgements based on law and fact.

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

That's exactly what the Nazis did in 1930s Germany. First they took over all of the courts, who would overturn any convictions of Nazis, and would look the other way when the Nazis got violent, and they would gladly prosecute the Nazis' enemies.

[@lindahutchinson7527]

I'm so glad that we in the UK do not have a much hassle in our country as you Americans have when it comes to voting. It's is a walk in the park for us to vote.

[@TheRealcdawg22]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the UK consists of only 4 countries (equivalent to what we would call states). The size of the UK is not much larger than a single average sized state in the US and we have 50 of them. Those extreme physical differences along with the fact that the US is the oldest democracy causes our flaws to be exacerbated. There are additional problems, but those that I mentioned are inescapable. Plus we have 5 times as many people as you do.

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

@@TheRealcdawg22 We have 5 times as many evil people in our Government and State Government who have been working in Unison, to take over the United States for the past 60 years. They're called Republicans, and they're the MINORITY, because they want MINORITY RULE, where they tell 330 MILLION people How to Live, WHo to Love etc...

[@nomenclature9373]

Walk in the park because UK ballots are short, often only Member of Parliament or local council. US votes on a variety of things other than President, member of Congress or Senator. Those include school boards, certain heads of law enforcement (Sheriffs), voter initiatives to tax themselves to build schools and roads or make changes to individual state constitutions.

[@arnoldramos7693]

It isn’t a difficult situation as fast as as voting. Republicans are just trying to limit voting , so they can gain power. That is the only reason

[@Hklbrries]

I hope they get it right! Voting should be EASY. 💙

[@AdamBladeTaylor]

Voting should be MANDATORY.

[@rosemariebredahl9519]

Does DeJoy being able to strategically slow mail processing (incl date post-marks) play a role?

[@CatCaretakerID]

good question

[@jeffdeluca1153]

If the GOP would create policies that are popular they wouldn't have to attempt to restrict voters. Vote BLUE EN MASSE💙

[@nattyw495]

When majority of citizens want to make voting easier the minority wants to make it harder..the minority is following the likes ofdejoy taking away billions of mailboxes trying to make everyday harder for average citizens.,💙🖊🗳📮📜🇺🇲early voting is important just like regular voting at ballots, November 2024

[@user-hx2wx7mk8n]

Where in the Constitution does it allow voting on anything but the official election day?

[@marthalong3355]

I’m glad you’re helping Wisconsin, but somebody really needs to do something about Ohio No, I don’t live there, but I know people that do

[@chuckhall5347]

I live in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is not considered a swing state for the 2024 election but the Republicans who control the state have made voting much more difficult in the past 3 years. In Hamilton County Ohio there is only one location for early voting and it has limited hours. Worse than that they are using a congressional map that is badly Gerrymandered and was rejected by the Ohio Supreme Court but they are using it anyway. Democrats would control the U.S. Congress right now if it weren't for Gerrymandering.

[@johnwrou]

What kind of banana republic would have any problem whatsoever with mail in ballots?

[@Bushman9]

Trumputin’s United States of Russia

[@thejollygreendragon8394]

As an Australian looking on, democracy is fortunate to have you, Mark

[@guyyates3284]

Thank you mark for the continued fight for our democracy....let's hope we are more successful in getting more people to support our democracy and end this blatant corruption....

[@BlindSquirrel425]

Thank you, Marc and team, for fighting the alarming attempts to overturn our democratic institutions.

[@elizabethdavis2070]

The problems & deficits in voting stations seem to occur primarily in minority/majority districts so those citizens might use drop boxes in higher proportions?

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

Proposal to move USPS operations from Reno to Sacramento could impact all of Nevada.

[@CardLady]

It's great to hear your updates and the explanations rather than readings a long, dragged out report.

[@Muppetias]

It would be better for the voter's legislation to make one universal rules/laws applying to all states, nullifying inequality, preventing continues changing applications by any political party wanting to gain unfair advantages.

[@TheRealcdawg22]

I agree with you, but the elections are run by the states. Furthermore, the elections for local, citywide, county, and state offices, along with public referendum, and special elections are far more frequent than national elections are. So, there are a lot of legitimate arguments against making those changes, unfortunately.

[@Muppetias]

@@TheRealcdawg22 I'm aware of that, so for starters people, who wish to make an effort for equality, who are organising these elections in all states should organise themselves, first to note/describe/number the current procedures. Second find out what the most effective way is for any state, local, city, any election. Categories or name/number these different procedures as well, so they can determine the state differences and what local state politicians should change in their local state laws. Might be an (revolutionary) idea to use Digital ID authentication and a personal voting platform for voting safely through internet but with the option to revoke your own vote. For people without computer capabilities the usual paper voting (mail/ballot box) should be made available.

[@stevenhintz5508]

Hopefully my vote for Janet pays off

[@AK-qd7up]

She's amazing, a terrific asset to the Wisconsin Supreme Court!

[@user-cx4nj8vu6e]

💙💙💙

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

Popular vote shows most people vote Democratic. This is why the Republicans have to do this.

[@ecmarks438]

As a Wisconsinite very concerned about voting repression this is hopeful news. Thank you.

[@taljan57]

I wish we could get them back here in Texas. 😢

[@karlahemphill3414]

Vote Democrats in, and you will. It's the maga repubs that took them away.

[@ellalovetheshowcaine8939]

So glad you Page are doing this video . I hope from Ozz that you inspire more people to vote for democracy and freedom 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🙏💕

[@rhondagreene7938]

I live in Ohio and I'm told Biden is not on the ballot yet What the hw Hell

[@josephgnatek5984]

learned a lot about the cause and if i could i would not pause cant afford to not subscribe membership though i cant imbibe thanks for all you do today to preserve democracy every way

[@user-il8ip1kv4q]

Excellent episode Thank you both 💙💙👍👍💙💙

[@CharylCurryGargel]

I am so grateful for your dedication to Democracy.

[@cindycarpenter7521]

You are critical to the survival of democracy and a treasure

[@droughttolerant9334]

Good thing we are a republic

[@user-sj4hb2qp3i]

Get them Mark. 🇺🇲💙💙

[@Cinci541]

Great job guys DEMOCRACY FIRST

[@susanbradleyskov9179]

I keep trying to believe that if a court agrees to rehear something, that they are open to another different verdict on the evidence. It’s difficult.

[@badpiggies988]

Yeah I hear Wisconsin recently elected a new justice who can’t be bought :)

[@susanbradleyskov9179]

Covering it live? Yay!

[@janetmcclellen733]

You guys are Democracy warriors thankyou

[@debrajonet1497]

Marc, I am glad you and your team are on top of things. Ty

[@robinkorb4744]

I live in Wisconsin and have used dropboxes for years. That is, until they were banned. I do hope they come back because I no longer trust the postal service l.

[@droughttolerant9334]

You could just vote in person

[@susanwickens2313]

It is difficult for seniors to stand in long lines. These drop boxes are a necessity.

[@ZenAgain24]

Yes✔️vote by mail

[@alexiswinter6948]

My parents voted absentee ballot for decades. Why is it only now a problem? Because the country is being held hostage by a psychopath who throws temper tantrums several times a day.

[@Cerceify]

I look forward to Mark's great explanations. I'll be knocking on doors to get out the vote this fall. After the election its fishing time!

[@joyalmond8701]

Great video. Thank you for keeping us informed! I always enjoy listening to a voice of reason. Have a blessed day. 🎶 👍 🎶

[@BejaVue]

Really awesome video. Thank you.

[@gingermetcalf7751]

Thank you for all you and your team do.

[@yvonne3858]

thank you both for the hard job of defending the people right to vote .

[@TheRealcdawg22]

Fight the Good Fight!

[@mholland9330]

In Arizona, at a drop box place in a parking lot, I saw people sitting in lawn chairs, with AR-15's across thier lap, 30 feet from that drop box. It was the most un-American, unpatriotic thing I've seen in this country. It only made me MORE determined to vote AT THAT DROP BOX SPECIFICALLY. but it clearly could deter people from voting, which was it's intent. This is what we're up against, just keep voting to keep these fascists OUT. 🇺🇲

[@user-hx2wx7mk8n]

That sounds like voter intimidation, which is illegal, but 'ballot drop boxes' should be illegal too.

[@mholland9330]

@@user-hx2wx7mk8n Each ballot is vetted and authenticated, no matter WHERE its received. But I'm interested to know what you don't like about drop boxes specifically. Trump also claims mail-in is corrupt, but HE votes by mail every year. It's just ONE of many trump scams, and scare tactics, to suppress the vote.

[@libbywiskowski9618]

Having drop boxes would make voting more accessible to the disability community. Not all disabilities are the same and we need different accommodations for full accessibility into our communities. The barriers to contribute to society are extremely high across the board for disabled people bc we are STILL an after thought.

[@orangeapples3]

Thank you for all you do 💜

[@robertginsburg8113]

The Republican push to disenfranchise voters ultimately will fail and cost them their seats. VOTE VOTE VOTE!

[@leonardtownpl4081]

You give great information in fight for democracy

[@lynnez.2818]

I'm an Oregonian. Mail-in voting is easy. I registered at the DMV when I got my ID. I just dropped my ballot for the primary into my mailbox yesterday. This system is quick, easy and we have a very low rate of voter fraud.

[@badpiggies988]

You might wanna use the drop boxes instead, DeJoy is still on USPS rolls for some reason

[@nomenclature9373]

I normally use a drop box, but the postal carrier was dropping off as I was about to head out so I handed my ballot to the carrier. Drox box: Next day processed. Mail: Three days before being processed.

[@derekmccrudden6528]

Add everything up whay they are doing this and you get a take over of all you know to be wright

[@madamerican7135]

Keep one thing in mind, Dejoy is determined to make the mail insufficient to the point that making mailing in ballots ineffective. Putting the ballots into a secure and reliable.

[@jessiemwilliamson359]

Democracy 1

[@chrisdsouza8685]

The great white black brown and yellow hope - - - Marc Elias ❤

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

Proposal to move USPS operations from Reno to Sacramento could impact all of Nevada. Vote blue💙

[@courtneybrubaker9738]

I fill it out and drive it in since Trump instilled that new post office general that messed up the mail, I drive it down to my county and turned it in. I will do the same this time. I also told my 78 year old friend I would pick her up and go together to turn in our ballots. We do what we can.

[@KeishaJonesSmith]

Thank you so much!!! #DemocracyMatters

[@breathislife384]

Thank you both~!

[@p.e.m.-rbw_elijah]

Marc, Paige! 👍🏾 I’ll repeat: You both, along with your fellow 'Democracy Docket team' members, are all, doing, exceptionally great job(s). Hopefully, in the near future, you all will get an invite to the U.S. White House 'Oval Office'; In order, for each and every one of you, to receive a medal/recognition for the brilliant work u’all been doing. ✨

[@onehandyangel6132]

Marc, thank you.

[@ll5974]

Thank you!!

[@phiferhowe4235]

Will be following you on Monday. Thanks!

[@scootermagee6680]

The outcome will be 4-3 in favor of the drop box lawsuit. 😮

[@marshamorgan3917]

Thank you for helping me understand the importance of voting laws in every state and how each one might effect the outcome in November! Im also spreading the word!

[@LindaJohnson-hu1jl]

Thank you

[@annettersgsdale6699]

They had drop boxes in Republicans places too they were everywhere

[@CharylCurryGargel]

Why is DeJoy still Postmaster General????

[@jimmyanderson1011]

On Wisconsin finally Wisconsinites have a far Supreme Court .

[@sylvankatz3060]

Thank you.

[@kx4532]

In a Republic the rulers get to decide if your vote gets to be delivered so they need to close the post office.

[@scottchristian5056]

Let's go brandon

[@VictorG930]

Are there election watchers from the political parties at each polling station , or only from the Republican Party,?

[@mb7503]

I have read that Dejoy is closing rural post offices.

[@JorgeLausell]

thank you.

[@larryk731]

I have used a ballot drop box since the pandemic started (I live in NJ within .5 miles of one of the ones in my town) and never had a problem

[@nomenclature9373]

When I used a drop box, ballot was counted the next day. When I used USPS, ballot was counted many days laters. Drop box is kept under 24/7 video surveillance.

[@LynnNickles-sx6tt]

💙

[@hugoo1549]

Vote Blue to protect your constitutional rights, freedoms, and the rule of law.

[@elizabethparkhurst2824]

The best description!!! Every single American registered to vote should vote and be allowed to vote as easily as possible!!! Anything less is voter suppression. Vote blue

[@leonardtownpl4081]

You know maybe a Democrats ought to get our Canadian tickets stamped

[@lindagiles5447]

Hey yall these judges up for re-election in these red states, vote them out. Vote blue judges, it matters. Just go blue

[@AlfCalson]

MARC ELIAS PAIGE MOSQUIT ?

[@johnhopkins6260]

Federal law protects mailboxes; so must voting drop-boxes also be. While currently in Poland, my Absentee Ballot was submitted via the U.S. Embassy, Warsaw, Poland.

[@jemimaunicorn6446]

Would be really interested in your thoughts on Andrew yangs ted talk ie Alaska ranked choice and its ability to limit bad actors

[@ccgardner-ss3xn]

💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸

[@Thomas-yr9ln]

I don't believe conservatives are not going to try the exact same thing they did before.

[@jason8569]

I don't think they like drop boxes because if you put them in a USPS box its not a direct line to the vote counting office and they have to sort it and it just take them more and more time and remember in Nevada they file suit that will make them stop counting the ballots at midnight so this law would be very beneficial to the RNC. Drop boxes should be allowed because everyone can vote even if you cant pay for a stamp and its more efficient as its a direct route. that what dejoy says he wants and that want we should all want.

[@markcoleman9892]

Why? Because ballot drop boxes contribute to NOT voting-in-person. But only voting person makes for more elections personnel - so much for "small" government.

[@droughttolerant9334]

The personnel are your neighbors, I would rather have a neighbor as an election judge than a union worker from a temp service counting ballots. Vote in person if you can, it’s called Election Day for a reason.

[@miajohnson1428]

I read somewhere that at some point, not too long ago, trump starting a fundraising thing in support of drop boxes? Anyone else read this?

[@michaelblair1272]

What is going on with the bond issue in New York? Update please.

[@droughttolerant9334]

Trump won.

[@gregohare2406]

One of the best KZbin channels for learning real news regarding our courts and elections. Thank you for all that you do.

[@aof13]

Federal Judge Tosses Democratic-Funded Lawsuit to Remove Witness Requirement on Absentee Ballots