Hypocritical, Racist and Fraudulent: Assembly Republicans Approve Imposing New Restrictions on Early Voting - One Wisconsin Now
Assembly Republicans attack early voting. “It’s black and white what’s going on here.” http://t.co/R3IxL4MsZZ #wipolitics— One Wisconsin Now (@onewisconsinnow) March 21, 2014
MADISON, WI — The State Assembly has once again attacked the right to vote in Wisconsin as Republicans today rammed through controversial legislation to impose new restrictions on early voting. The Senate approved the bill earlier in the week and it now makes its way to Gov. Walker for his signature or veto.
Senate Bill 324 (SB 324) would prohibit early, in-person voting before 8am or after 7pm on weekdays or for more than 45 hours per week in municipalities statewide. Weekend in-person absentee voting would be banned.
Early voting has been an effective way to reduce congestion and delays on Election Day and help facilitate access to the franchise for seniors, persons with disabilities, minorities and working families. According to the Executive Director of the City of Milwaukee Election Commission, minority voters would be suffer reduced access to the franchise.
Fifty-six Republicans voting for the bill, including the authors, have themselves voted early in recent elections.