WASHINGTON,
D.C. – Today, the Republican National Committee (RNC) intervened in
a Wisconsin lawsuit to stop Democrats from violating state law and allowing
ballot do-overs after absentee votes have already been cast.
“Democrats
want a do-over when they don't like the outcome,” said RNC Chairman Joe Gruters.
“From hand-selecting
candidates to rewriting election rules, it's the same old playbook. Once a
voter legally casts a ballot, it's final. The RNC is intervening to defend
Wisconsin's commonsense safeguards and keep the rules the same for everyone.”
Background:
- Today, the RNC intervened
to defend Wisconsin's
commonsense law that once a ballot is cast, it's final.
- The Wisconsin
Democrat Party is suing for do-over absentee ballots that have already
been cast, arguing voters should get to change their vote if their
preferred candidate drops out.
- Wisconsin law
allows voters to replace damaged or spoiled absentee ballots before
they're submitted—not change their vote after the fact.
- Ballot do-overs
would create chaos, weaken election safeguards, and open the door to
fraud.
- The RNC is
stepping in to stop Democrats from rewriting election rules in the middle
of an election.
- This is part of
the same Democrat playbook: when voters or candidates don't deliver the
outcome they want, they try to change the process—just like party insiders
in Maine cleared
the field and coronated
Troy Jackson.
The RNC is fighting to keep
the rules the same for everyone and protect the integrity of Wisconsin's
elections.
