Trump’s former lawyer has filed a lawsuit alleging that USPS data blocks voters who don’t match.
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Vote on this sign outside the Milwaukee polling place. Photo courtesy of Jeramy Janen.
A lawsuit seeking last-minute changes to Wisconsin’s voter registration list has been dismissed by a Milwaukee County judge. The challenge, filed weeks before Election Day, alleges that more than 140,000 people on the voter rolls do not live at the addresses they listed when they registered to vote.
The lawsuit was filed on September 30th by attorney Dan Eastman on behalf of three Milwaukee residents. Eastman was one of the lawyers involved in a failed 2020 lawsuit in Wisconsin that sought to overturn former President Donald Trump’s loss to President Joe Biden.
In a lawsuit filed last month, plaintiffs claim that 143,742 people listed as active on Wisconsin’s registration list “appear to be invalid” based on cross-references with U.S. Postal Service data. did. Of those, 56,336 “anomalous registrations” are in Milwaukee, the lawsuit alleges.
Eastman was seeking a court order forcing the Milwaukee Board of Elections and the Wisconsin State Board of Elections to contact individuals and invalidate the voter registrations of those who do not respond within 30 days. .
On October 22, the Milwaukee Board of Elections filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. The commission argued that the plaintiffs should have first filed a complaint with the State Board of Elections.
In response, the plaintiffs argued that the Wisconsin Supreme Court had ruled that they did not need to file a complaint with the State Board of Elections before filing a lawsuit.
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Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Witkowiak dismissed Eastman’s lawsuit Monday.
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Milwaukee judge dismisses lawsuit challenging over 140,000 voter registrations This article was originally reported by Wisconsin Public Radio.
