A presentation encouraging fellow students to vote, and educating them on the issues this year surrounding voter fraud allegations in Wisconsin. Please use any parts of this presentation.

1. HELPING WISCONSIN VOTE?
Fraud versus disenfranchisement

2. Researching Van Hollen’s Lawsuit
 Research Process
 The Basics
 Timeline
 Overview
 Key Players
 Research
 Questions
 Findings
 Analysis
 Suggestions for Future Research
 Conclusion

3. Research Model
 Stripling and Pitts
 Recent issue
 Media sources:
 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
 WI State Journal
 WPR
 Various Law Reviews

4. Timeline
Sept. 10
Sept. 24
Oct. 2
Oct. 17
Oct. 22
Oct. 23
WI Attorney General files suit against WI GAB
Republican and Democratic Parties
join lawsuit
NAACP and Milwaukee Teacher’s
Education Association join lawsuit
Ohio ruling against Republican Party
Van Hollen claims lawsuit costs $155
Van Hollen lawsuit dismissed

5. Overview
 Why is this lawsuit important?
 Stated goal of lawsuit
 Possible threats to voters?
 Disenfranchisement
 Fraud

6. Key Players
 Wisconsin’s Attorney
General J.B. Van Hollen
 The Wisconsin
Government
Accountability Board

7. Research Questions
 How could J.B.
Van Hollen’s
Lawsuit affect WI
voters?
 Basic structure of
our voting process?
 How to combat
voter
disenfranchisement
and fraud?

8. Findings
 Parallel cases in
other states: OH,
MI, MT, FL
 Help America Vote
Act
 Conservative view
 Liberal view
 Elections decided
by few votes

9. Analysis
 How much of a threat is voter fraud?
 Accusations against ACORN
 Brennan Center for Justice Reports
 How much of a threat is voter
disenfranchisement?
 Long lines
 Challenges to individuals
 Denied access to ballot

10. Analysis
 Combating voter
disenfranchisement
 Before the election
 At the polls

11. Suggestions for Future
Research
 Were WI voter opinions changed by this
lawsuit?
 How have organizations attempting to register
new voters responded to HAVA?
 How can we better regulate the voting process
without risking voter disenfranchisement?
 How was voter turnout in 2008 affected by
states’ attempts to more strictly regulate
voting? How can this be measured more
effectively?

12. What We Learned
 The Basics of Van Hollen v. Government
Accountability Board
 About voter fraud and disenfranchisement

13. Conclusion
 If you haven’t
already, vote!
 Visit
https://vpa.wi.gov/
for sample ballots
and polling place
information.
 Any questions?

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