in wisconsin, a state that s likely to see some of the nation s most competitive races in 2022, there are now multiple efforts under way to scrutinize how the last election with you run, including a recommendation by a county sheriff to prosecute and jail state election officials. election experts say wisconsin i has now lapped arizona as the leading front line in the war over the legitimacy of the 2020 election. l this fall, racine county sheriff recommended that five of the six members of the bipartisan wisconsin elections commissions should beco publicly charged overrules they adopted last year after hours of debate at public meetings about how to handle absentee balloting at nursing homes during the pandemic. separately, one republican state rep introduced a state aeese resolution calling for the commission and the nonpartisan state administrator of elections to resign or else, or else face efforts to remove them from office and to criminally c investigate their activities. another
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multiple investigations, audits, reviews of how these elections were conducted. and the truth of the matter is that, given that we were in the middle of a pandemic, given that many states introduced no-fault absentee balloting, which provided receipts and a way to conduct audits, one can argue that these were by far some of the most the safest, most transparent elections in the history of american elections. and there s simply no evidence to support that. that this is a lie, this is a big lie. this is disinformation and it has proven to destabilize governments, that as we move away from hot wars. that this is what is happening right now. and so it s we are being radically honest about what we are seeing. we re talking about people s motivations, and we re talking about receipts, right? prove it. we are regularly and routinely
official, who has run unopposed several times. that being able to exercise the franchise, being able to choose our leaders, people who are going to comb govern with the people in the interest of their constituencies, is our democracy. it is how we express our values. it s how we run our country. and it s being attacked right now. and helen, in terms of those anti voting laws, georgia has one. they pass it on the state level this year. white practical, went obstacles have been created by the law for voters in the state of georgia? well, zerlina, every obstacle you can think of, from being able to exercise your right to vote, to absentee balloting. not being able to be given work while you re standing along the
trial is an elected official who has run unopposed several times, that being able to exercise the franchise, being able to choose our leaders, people who are going to cogorsuch with the people and in the interest of their constituencies is our democracy, it is how we, you know, express our values. it s how we run our country, and it s being attacked right now. and helen, in terms of those anti-voting laws, georgia has one. they passed it on the state level this year. what practical what obstacles have been created by the law for voters in the state of georgia? zerlina, i tell you, every obstacle you can think of is from being able to exercise your right to vote via an absentee balloting, not being able to be