The bipartisan commission has deadlocked twice on attempts by Republicans to do the purge immediately while an appeal to the court order is pending. Rick Esenberg, leader of the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty that brought the lawsuit, said the commission must purge the voters now. The affected voters come more heavily from Democratic areas of Wisconsin, a key state in the 2020 presidential election. Esenberg’s group has asked that the conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court immediately take the state’s appeal of the case. The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin also has filed a federal lawsuit to stop the purge.

Source: thestar January 02, 2020 14:55 UTC