GOP congressional candidates boycott League of Women Voters forums (WI)

[hue]

Source: WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL

Two Republican candidates for the 6th Congressional District are boycotting upcoming League of Women Voters forums because the organization is challenging a voter ID law they support.

Sens. Joe Leibham, R-Sheboygan, and Glenn Grothman, R-Campbellsport, said they won’t attend an Ozaukee County forum on Monday or a Winnebago County forum on July 21.

“No Republican candidate dedicated to voter ID reform should be participating in events hosted by an organization dedicated to stopping the voter ID requirement I worked for nearly a decade to get signed into law,” Leibham said in a statement.

Grothman’s campaign spokesman Brandon VerVelde added that Grothman “doesn’t see it necessary to participate in a debate sponsored by an organization completely opposed to conservative Republican principles of election integrity, including common-sense bills authored by Sen. Grothman like requiring proof of residence when registering to vote and early voting uniformity, among others.”




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Another slap in the face to Women!! How could any Women vote R????

[Scuba]

1. These jerkoffs are running in bright red districts, and this will be a plus with their supporters.

Besides, the League has "women" in their name, so you know they're evil!!!!!

[hue]

3. Do I detect Your misogenous/dark side in Your above statement?? ;-) *sarcasm*

Even if those Repuke candidates don't agree why wouldn't they attend in order to discuss the issue?? (Wait, I know why, NO BALLS!)

League of Women Voters is a bipartisan organization!!

[Botany]

2. Republicans are now worried about election integrity?

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What a crock of crap.

[riqster]

5. Makes perfect sense if you use Phonics:

"Election integrity" is pronounced as follows:"Ee-lehkt-shun in-teh-gritty", yes?

Parse it differently and the true meaning appears: "Elect, shun integrity".

Explains a lot.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. Nice! nt

[rickyhall]

13. picky picky picky

[EC]

4. The League of Women Voters

in WI used to be pretty conservative with a lot of DAR's in it? So I wonder how many rich women in these districts (they are upper class and upper middle districts) also have Old Daughters of the American Revolution and League members?

[Richardo]

6. They're piss-in-their-pants scared of being challenged.

Chickenshits.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Two. nt

[LiberalLoner]

9. I honestly think this is part and parcel

Of their meme of, women should not vote or be part of public life.

Just one more little way of telling us women, "you don't matter. So shut up."

I'm very afraid SCOTUS or other right wingers will outlaw voting for women, maybe even before 2016.

[LiberalLoner]

10. I mean think about this. SCOTUS already said 14th amendment does not apply to women,

With HL decision.

Since discrimination against women is now legal, what is there, legally, from announcing right before 2016 that women can not vote legally?

Or that women can not run for public office, legally? Like, Hillary, for example.

What mechanism is still in place, to prevent them from pulling that trump card in 2016?

Am I being needlessly paranoid?

PS I am going to post this in the general forum to see if anyone can shed some insight on this issue.

[riversedge]

11. The discrimination is against women of child-bearing age as

far as I know. as least it will affect those the most. I truly still am dumbfounded that the SCOTUS said this was OK.

[LiberalLoner]

12. Me too.

[herding cats]

14. In 2008 I first noticed Republicans showing disapproval toward the LoWV.

It was local and there was a pretty big out dust-up over the matter. I remember being flabbergasted that they were standing up in opposition to the nonpartisan League of Women Voters. Then the Republicans started in with their voter ID insanity and I realized they were preemptively labeling their organization liberals before the League came out against their tactics.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

15. Any organization that disagrees with them...

They rail against Snopes.com because they debunk those dumb-ass chain emails that your crazy uncle is always forwarding FactCheck.org and Politifact are also liberal sympathizers because they refuse to just agree with the Tea Party 100% of the time.

[cp]

16. Wisconsiners know Grothman dumb as box of rocks

Apologies to rocks.