The Elections Commission, composed of three Republicans and three Democrats, is challenging the suit by arguing that it has the legal power to manage the registered voter list and that removing people now would cause confusion if some of them had not actually moved. The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Elections Commission have said they plan to appeal the ruling, according to the Journal Sentinel. The commission had a clear legal duty to remove voters within 30 days, Malloy said, according to the Journal Sentinel. ADOf the 234,000 people who received a letter from the Elections Commission, more than 170,000 had not responded by Dec. 5, the Associated Press reported. In a 5-to-4 decision in June 2018, the Supreme Court upheld Ohio’s method of purging its registered voter list.

Source: Washington Post December 15, 2019 00:47 UTC