Republican lawmakers and activists in several presidential battlegrounds are pushing ballot measures to change how elections are run in their states.
Critics say those efforts, if successful, could make it harder to administer voting in places that could decide key political contests. Next week, Wisconsin voters will decide whether to alter the state’s constitution and ban any private money in elections, one of two GOP-backed measures on Tuesday’s ballot focused on election administration. In Nevada, meanwhile, a GOP-aligned group is collecting signatures in the hopes of establishing new voter ID requirements in the Silver State.
In addition, they note, the ballot questions make no guarantee of increased government funding to help run elections if private sources are prohibited. “All of us who are tangentially involved with our elections are a little concerned,” said Debra Cronmiller, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin. “The language is incredibly vague. If passed, we suspect these questions will end up getting litigated in court.” Arizona ballot measure In Arizona, Democratic Gov.
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