It has been a while since I communicated with all of you concerning Wisconsin Voter Alliance’s WVA) activities. Right now, it is quiet considering the election is upon us, that is the good news!
So here is an update as to what has or is currently happening in the WVA world!
WVA appears at the Wisconsin Supreme Court
On Tuesday, September 10, WVA had their day in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court on our quest to receive the adjudicated incompetent data from the Wisconsin Election Commission.
For those who have not followed this case, WVA has been fighting in fourteen counties to have access to the data on adjudicated incompetents so we can cross reference that data against the WisVote database. We proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that WEC had not entered individual data on a great number of people who had been adjudicated incompetent and had lost their voting privileges. In the 2022 election our data revealed approximately 16,000 adjudicated incompetent people who had lost voting privileges actually voted. We have made it clear from the beginning that our request excluded any data that was deemed “confidential or sensitive.”
Our case worked its way through circuit courts on to appeals court and ultimately the WI Supreme Court on September 10th. In my opinion, in listening to the questions posed by the liberal members of the court; they had not adequately prepared for this case, furthermore, I left the court believing they will rule against us and not provide the path for us to get the data we need.
It’s not everyday that one is in the Supreme Court of your State, so I memorialized the moment in the picture with Erick Kaardal (our attorney) and I in front of the entrance to the Court. I am the height challenged one!
Drop Boxes
This is an interesting article written by Scott Bauer, a WI AP writer who I have found is leaning to the left. I attribute the significant reduction in drop boxes to the lack of funding that Zuckerbucks provided in 2020 when it was legal to do so. Now outside money in the administration of elections is outlawed in WI thanks to the work of WVA and other election integrity folks in WI.
According to Bauer, there were over five hundred drop boxes in 2020 and as of Oct 16th WEC is only aware of seventy-eight currently deployed. That relates to an 85% reduction in drop boxes! This would not have happened if Zuckerburg were allowed to pump millions of dollars into our WI elections. See AP article here: https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-absentee-ballot-drop-boxes-944598fd085e0e6089d3f518a93a874e
Fund Raising
WVA is a 501C3 organization that operates solely on donations. As you can imagine, over the past several months donations have been reduced as most folks are supporting their candidates with generous donations.
WVA spends 95% on legal fees, and good lawyers tend to charge a hefty hourly fee. Fortunately, WVA has a good lawyer in Erick Kaardal.
Once this election is past we are hopeful that many of you who have donated in the past will once again support our activities. To donate, click here: https://wisconsinvoteralliance.com/donate/
UOCAVA
WVA is poised to be a plaintiff in a UOCAVA complaint that may be filed in the following days in Wisconsin. Currently, Wisconsin UOCAVA voters are not required to provide I.D. to vote in Federal elections even though Federal law requires that to happen. In other words, UOCAVA voters can request an absentee ballot and submit it without proof of who they are. This is a huge loophole that needs to be closed as maybe non-citizens could vote as UOCAVA.
The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act referred to as UOCAVA. UOCAVA citizens are U.S. citizens who are active members of the Uniformed Services, the Merchant Marine, and the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, their eligible family members, and U.S. citizens residing outside the United States. This Act provides the legal basis for these citizens’ absentee voting requirements for federal offices.
Non-citizen Voting could occur in Wisconsin considering current UOCAVA guidelines. Federal law requires identification for UOCAVA voters, which is not currently being adhered to in Wisconsin.
Nov 5th Election Question
VOTE “YES” On the Nov 5th election which will change one word in section 1 of article III of the Wisconsin Constitution to the question of voting rights. A YES vote changes a word from “every” to “only.”
Voting “Yes” to this one word change then ensures only U.S. citizens can vote in Wisconsin.