You have to read this one to believe it.
Excerpted from Benjamin Yount’s article at justthenews.com:
There’s a pitch at the Wisconsin Capitol to add watermarks to the state’s absentee ballots.
Rep. Scott Allen, R-Waukesha, said absentee ballots in Wisconsin need to be more secure.
Allen said absentee ballots are very convenient, but also present a threat to election integrity in the state.
“Our citizens need to have faith in the integrity of our election process,” Allen said.
Allen’s solution is to place watermarks on each ballot, similar to what the U.S. Treasury does for dollar bills, to make them harder to copy or forge.
“If we are going to continue using absentee ballots, then it is important to ensure that they are a safe and reliable method for voting,” Allen said. “To help curb public distrust in absentee ballots, it is certainly worth the additional cost to make our absentee ballots secure and restore trust in our election process.”
Allen’s plan will go back to the legislature, and if it makes it through, would then go to Gov. Tony Evers.
That is likely as far as it would go. The governor has made it his policy to veto any legislation that he says would make it harder to vote in Wisconsin.
Huh? Wait a minute. How in the world would using a watermarked ballot make it harder to vote than a ballot without the watermark? Aren’t you doing exactly the same thing on the same ballot as you would if there were no watermark?
I’ll wait for anyone who thinks there’s a logical answer for that question to provide it. However, I expect the wait to be until hell freezes over, because there is no logical answer to give.
The only reason I can think of to oppose watermarked ballots (other than the relatively minimal cost of doing so) is that it makes voter fraud harder to accomplish. The end.
Therefore, as any even moderately intelligent person can easily figure out, a governor that would veto harder-to-forge ballots is telling you, in so many words, that he is in favor of making voter fraud easier to accomplish.
And, in this case, that governor would be Tony Evers (D-WI). Period.
Personally, I hope the idea of watermarking absentee ballots catches on, is introduced in every state, and that it passes in every state.
But, if it doesn’t pass, the people who fight against this simple, basic way of lessening voter fraud are called out for what it tells the state’s residents about their true intentions.
