Wisconsin GOP-led Legislature approves election law changes
By SCOTT BAUERMay 11, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2020, file photo, election workers, right, verify ballots as recount observers, left, watch during a Milwaukee hand recount of presidential votes at the Wisconsin Center, in Milwaukee. The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature was scheduled to vote Tuesday, May 11, 2021, on bills making it more difficult to vote absentee, proposals that are all-but certain to be vetoed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers but that GOP lawmakers say are needed to address issues that arose in last year s presidential election. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2020, file photo, election workers, right, verify ballots as recount observers, left, watch during a Milwaukee hand recount of presidential votes at the Wisconsin Center, in Milwaukee. The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature was scheduled to vote Tuesday, May 11, 2021, on bills making it more difficult to
Wisconsin GOP-led Legislature approves election law changes
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press May 11, 2021 6:11pm Text size Copy shortlink:
MADISON, Wis. The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature passed bills Tuesday that would make it more difficult to vote absentee proposals that were all but certain to be vetoed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers but that GOP lawmakers said were needed to address issues that arose during last year s presidential election.
The measures are part of a national push by Republicans to change voting laws following former President Donald Trump s defeat in November and his bogus claims that there was widespread fraud and abuse. Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden by
Wisconsin election law changes, Republicans to vote on bills
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MADISON, Wis. - The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature was scheduled to vote Tuesday on bills that would make it more difficult to vote absentee proposals that are all but certain to be vetoed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers but that GOP lawmakers say are needed to address issues that arose during last year s presidential election.
The measures are part of a national push by Republicans to change voting laws following former President Donald Trump s defeat in November and his bogus claims that there was widespread fraud and abuse. Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden by about 20,600 votes in Wisconsin, an outcome that withstood a partial recount and numerous state and federal lawsuits.
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