re: #24 goddamnedfrank

Irreparable harm. The problem with letting the Wisconsin rule change go into effect during the actual administration of an election was that some ballots have already been mailed back. This would have created a situation where people who thought they’d already cast their ballots legally would have had to go down to their precinct / county clerks office and show a photo ID there in order to validate those vote by mail ballots.

Maddow covered that on last night’s show and that was my reaction: what’s the point of an absentee ballot if you still have to drag your butt home to prove you’re you?