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A state Senate committee considered several bills Wednesday that would put new limits on absentee voting in Wisconsin.
The Republican proposals would place new restrictions on absentee ballot drop-off locations and ballot drop boxes and set new eligibility requirements for indefinitely confined voters. They are part of a larger package of GOP-sponsored election bills that mostly respond to partisan criticism of the 2020 presidential election.
Supporters of the measures discussed Wednesday argue they will increase public confidence in elections by clarifying election administration policies and voting procedures statewide.
“The seriousness and the magnitude of the threat to life brought about by the pandemic cannot be exaggerated.
“It had the potential, and continues to have the potential, to cause devastation on a scale that, only a short while ago, people could not have begun to imagine. Drastic measures were required and an excess of caution was called for, especially given the limited knowledge about Covid-19, even among experts in the field of epidemiology.”
These paragraphs appear in a Supreme Court of Appeal judgment handed down on Thursday.
Eight residents – Duwayne Esau, Neo Mkwane, Tami Jackson, Lindo Khuzwayo, Mikhail Manuel, Riaan Salie, Scott Roberts and Mpiyhake Dlamini – initially approached the Western Cape High Court to challenge the lawfulness of the establishment and functioning of the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) and whether some previously enforced lockdown regulations were justifiable.
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The government s decision to impose Level 4 lockdown regulations was procedurally fair.
The SCA dismissed an application by a group of Cape Town residents, who challenged the constitutionality of the lockdown regulations.
The court found the NCCC s policy decision to be valid.
The government s decision to impose Level 4 lockdown regulations was made in a procedurally fair manner and in terms of a rational decision-making process .
Hearing an appeal of a Western Cape High Court ruling, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) dismissed an application by a group of concerned residents, who challenged the lawfulness of the establishment of the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) and the validity of the lockdown rules.