For Immediate Release
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WISCONSIN – Yesterday, Wisconsin leaders from the Democracy Defense Project – Wisconsin (DDP), including Fmr. Lt Gov. Mandela Barnes, Fmr. Attorney General JB Van Hollen, Fmr. U.S. Rep. Scott Klug and Fmr. Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate, outlined the work DDP has been doing to reassure voters and how they will hold bad actors who attempt to decry Wisconsin elections accountable after Election Day.
Check out some of the coverage from yesterday’s call:
WSAW: Election integrity and high voting numbers a week out from Election Day
While results for the election may not come in until well into the morning on Wednesday, Nov. 6, it won’t be for lack of effort. The Democracy Defense Project says it’s because they want clear and accurate results.
The bipartisan board is touting the protections put in place for this election cycle. It includes several political figures across the state including former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes.
“We have a lot of folks, and this has happened on both sides, but people who have called our election results into question, and it has made the job of our election administrators much more difficult,” Barnes said.
In the past four years, election integrity has become a prominent factor when it comes to casting a vote. It was especially clear when many voters were concerned after the results of the 2020 election.
Former attorney general J.B. Van Hollen says people are seeing it as a bigger concern than ever before.
“So many allegations from people on both sides of the aisle over the over the years are about election. Integrity and election fraud, but really none of the allegations are that people who voted didn’t have their vote counted,” Van Hollen said.
Eau Claire Leader Telegram: Bipartisan WI leaders discuss election security
Wisconsin’s election results likely will not be finalized before voters go to bed next Tuesday night, but that doesn’t mean the counting system isn’t fair or accurate, says a bipartisan group that is promoting election integrity in the state.
Mike Tate, former chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, noted that under current state law, clerks are not allowed to start processing ballots early.
“We are going to see record early vote this year,” Tate said during a conference call Tuesday morning with media across the state. “It’s going to be off the charts. And (clerks) are not allowed to open and start tabulating the votes until Election Day. We probably aren’t going to see results until well after midnight. We need people to understand it will be a late night.”
WisPolitics: Members of the bipartisan Democracy Defense board today said Wisconsin voters can be confident in the security of the state’s elections leading up to Tuesday’s presidential election.
Klug noted if Trump had gotten the votes of each of Wisconsin’s Republican candidates for Congress, he would have won the state comfortably in 2020.
He said Trump’s loss “had nothing to do with election fraud,” it had to do with “folks who decided to vote in a different direction.”
“The folks who run elections do it professionally, in a highly capable manner. And I think we need to keep that in mind,” Klug said.
CBS Green Bay: Promoting Safe Elections: Democracy Defense Project Wisconsin
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More information on the Democracy Defense Project can be found at
https://www.democracydefenseproject.org/wi.
Published: Oct 30, 2024
