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A judge refused Thursday to put on hold his ruling that allows disabled people in Wisconsin to be emailed absentee ballots at home in November’s presidential election in the closely watched battleground state.

Republicans asked the judge to not enforce his ruling while their appeal is pending. But Dane County Circuit Judge Everett Mitchell on Thursday rejected their arguments, saying putting his ruling on hold “would inflict significant harm on both the disability rights advocates and the public interest.”

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[–] Strykker@programming.dev 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's an issue for the gop because it makes voting accessible to more people, which in case you haven't been paying attention is the opposite of what the Republicans want to achieve.

[–] localme@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Right but why is this materially different than standard vote-by-mail such that they can challenge it in court?

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Because Republicans don't care about standing.

[–] Strykker@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago

I mean you can challenge literally anything in court regardless of if it's valid to do so.