For months, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said the election will be rigged and the debates were rigged.
A county clerk in Green Bay, Wisconsin, opposed an early voting site at a local college campus because the students:
“…Lean more toward the Democrats.”
Kris Teske argued that her office didn’t have the resources to set up a voting place. However, some unearthed emails show that she was trying to keep the students from voting.
She said:
“I was reading the statutes and read: No site may be designated that affords an advantage to any political party. UWGB is a polling location for students and residents on Election Day but I feel by asking for this to be the site for early voting is encouraging the students to vote more than benefitting the city as a whole.”
She continued:
“I have heard it said that students lean more toward the democrats and he is a democrat. I have spoken with our Chief of Staff and others at City Hall and they agree that budget wise this isn’t going to happen.”
They were just using that as a cover to keep Democrats from being able to get to the polls. The students only have a short time between classes; they should be able to vote early and in a convenient location.
Everyone has the right to vote. No one should be denied that just because of their party affiliation or other affiliations.
State Representative Glenn Grothman said:
“Whether or not more students voting benefits Democrats is beside the point and that shouldn’t be the position of a nonpartisan city clerk.”
Republicans can’t complain about this election being rigged if they are the one’s rigging it. If she is going to do that, then we shouldn’t allow churches to be polling places. The Right Wing is generally more religious; that would only be fair.
Here is a video about voting in Wisconsin:
Featured image via Twitter.
