Wisconsin Prosecutor Won’t Charge 16 Accused Of Voter Fraud, Report Says
Topline
Sixteen people who voted in the 2020 presidential election after listing a UPS Store as their permanent voting address weren’t trying to commit voter fraud, La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Greunke told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, leaving just a handful of outstanding voter fraud claims from the 2020 election.
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Key Facts
The DA told the newspaper all 16 people appeared to list their primary mailing address as their voting address, though the state requires using a home address for voter registration purposes.
All of them were otherwise properly registered to vote and were able to prove they live in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Greunke said.
At least one of the 16 is homeless, according to Greunke, but most of the group consists of retirees who frequently vacation and use the UPS Store to forward their mail.
The DA’s decision ends the investigation into the 16 cases of potential voter fraud, which are among 41 instances of possible voter fraud the state has identified in elections since August.
Big Number
More than 3 million. That’s how many ballots were cast in Wisconsin during the 2020 presidential election. President Joe Biden carried the state by just over 20,000 votes.
Key Background
Former President Donald Trump and his supporters have claimed widespread voter fraud led to Biden winning the state, but there is no evidence to back up that accusation. A recount after the election last year confirmed Biden’s win in Wisconsin, and post-election lawsuits making fraud claims have been repeatedly thrown out. But that did not stop Wisconsin’s Republican legislators from passing a set of bills to tighten restrictions on absentee voting, which Trump said was rife with fraud. Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, said he will veto any bills that make it more difficult to vote.
Tangent
An audit of the 2020 presidential election is ongoing in Arizona, at the request of the Republican-controlled state Senate. Georgia is also set to again recount some of the ballots cast in the election.
Further Reading
Prosecutor finds no intent to violate the law and declines to charge 16 La Crosse residents who registered to vote at wrong address (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Georgia Set For Another Election Audit After Judge Unseals 145,000 Absentee Ballots (Forbes)
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