WISCONSIN – President Trump made a statement yesterday claiming the federal government should nationalize elections in “many places – 15 places.” This assertion violates the state sovereignty of Wisconsin, and would take away the rights of Wisconsinites to administrate and oversee their own election processes.
The Democracy Defense Project – Wisconsin (DDP-WI) board released the following statement in response to the President’s assertions that Republicans should assume control of state electoral processes.
“When thinking about the President’s proposal for the federal government to take over election administration, ask yourself a simple question: Who do you trust more with your vote? Your neighbor who volunteers their time in your municipal or county clerk’s office or the bureaucrat in Washington who doesn’t care who you are as long as you checked the right box on the ballot?
“Wisconsin is not a state that blindly supports a proposal, regardless of party. The administration of elections is a power not delegated to the United States, and is thereby reserved by the states. Any attempt at nationalizing elections infringes on Wisconsin’s rights, and any law abiding citizen should be afraid of the implications a change like this might bring.
“Wisconsin’s clerks do an incredible job administrating our elections. This is a state that is no stranger to razor thin margins and split results at the top of the ticket. Our state maintains decentralized elections for a reason: to display trust in local municipal clerks and prevent exactly the fraud that detractors claim would overturn elections in our state. The last thing Wisconsin elections need is the federal government attempting to manage thousands of municipalities across 72 counties and conducting the same audits our county clerks already undertake.”
– The Democracy Defense Project – Wisconsin board
The DDP-WI board includes Former Attorney General JB Van Hollen, Former Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, Former U.S. Rep. Scott Klug and former Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair Mike Tate.
More information on the Democracy Defense Project can be found at https://www.democracydefenseproject.org/wi.
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