Donna Richards, a municipal clerk from North Fond du Lac, calls Wisc. Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen’s lawsuit against the state Government Accountability Board, “ a red herring”. She writes that it’s an attempt at scaring people away and if it causes delays, will discourage voters on a very long day or evening. The elderly, first-time voters, the infirm, those without driver’s licenses, or without cars to run home for more identification, will be hurt the most. Also, to have voters take off of work the next day or get “downtown” to complete the identification process for a provisional ballot to count, is asking a lot.
Ms. Richards argues that fraud has nothing to do with a perfect match of someone’s name or information on his voter registration vs. his drivers license. She asserts that whether she calls herself Donna H. Richards, D.H. Richards, Donna Horowitz Richards, Donna Horowitz-Richards or Donna Richards, she should be able to vote. She maintains that any delay, any question, any removing of names from the voting list on this basis under Wisconsin law would be voter suppression. Her guest blog titled “The real fraud in Van Hollen’s lawsuit” appears on FightingBob.com
The Journal-Sentinel reports that it’s unlikely that the legal battle over voter checks will be concluded by the November 4 election. On Wednesday, Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi said she won’t rule on the merits of the case until 12 days before voters go to the polls. The judge is allowing the state Democratic and Republican parties to join the case. She also dismissed the attempt to disqualify Van Hollen from the case that was brought by a lawyer for the Government Accountability Board
Also, OWN's website has a petition requesting the Government Accountability Board and the newly-elected election task force created by Wisconsin AG J.B.Van Hollen & Milwaukee DA John Chisholm investigate faulty absentee ballot applications that were mailed by the John McCain for President campaign.
