Leftist election law activist David Becker, with the assistance of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, carried out a scheme depriving citizens of their privacy and voting rights, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court by a civil liberties watchdog. 

The complaint charges that Becker is using the two left-leaning nonprofits he founded — the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) and the Center for Election Innovation and Research to “infiltrate WisDOT’s Division of Motor Vehicles (“DMV”) database to access the driving records containing the personal information of millions of Wisconsin residents and eligible American voters.” In doing so, the lawsuit alleges, Becker and ERIC “exploited” the nonprofit’s tax-exempt status in acquiring highly sensitive information for purposes strictly prohibited under the federal Driver’s Privacy and Protection Act (DPPA). 

Stunningly, the complaint charges that the Wisconsin Elections Commission hasn’t had a contract with ERIC for more than eight years, further exacerbating the alleged illegal data collection. An Elections Commission official denies the charge, telling The Federalist the membership agreement with the state-run voter monitoring system remains in effect. 

The lawsuit, brought by Citizen AG, a conservative civil liberties law firm, on behalf of La Crosse, Wisconsin, resident Jennifer McKinney, seeks declaratory relief, damages, and an injunction against ERIC, CEIR, Becker and the Department of Transportation from “obtaining, disclosing, and using personal information from driving records for voting or election-related purposes.” 

Becker and the others “have knowingly engaged in and will continue to knowingly and intentionally engage in a coordinated effort to obtain,

The Biden-Harris administration and Democrat litigators appear to be jointly executing a lawfare assault against the integrity of our elections. In the face of this onslaught, will Americans’ voting rights be sustained?

If an Oct. 30 ruling is any indication, it appears the Supreme Court at least may be willing to step into the breach in defense of our republic — a hopeful harbinger amid an expected flurry of 2024 election-related litigation. 

In a 6-3 ruling, with the court’s three most leftist justices dissenting, the court issued an order striking down a preliminary injunction backed by the Biden-Harris Justice Department thereby protecting Virginia’s effort to remove more than 1,500 self-identified noncitizens from the voter rolls. In so doing, the court delivered a shot across the bow of a DOJ in effect laboring to protect the non-rights of non-Americans to interfere in our elections and the federal judges who had validated the administration’s efforts.

At issue in the case is the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) and its regulations for removing voters from the rolls, about which lower courts have issued conflicting opinions.

Colloquially known as the “Motor Voter Act,” the bill aimed to increase the number of “eligible citizens” who register to vote in federal elections, while “protect[ing] the integrity of the electoral process” and “ensur[ing] that accurate and current voter registration rolls are maintained.”

Section 7 of the NVRA lays out requirements for cleaning the voter rolls. It stipulates that authorities may remove registrants from eligible voter

In a long thread on his many discussions over the last year with Trump and Harris supporters, a Daily Wire editor drops this contrast down in the middle:

I live in a deep-blue zone, and I have these vibes-and-racism conversations several times a week. I learned today, face-to-face, that Donald Trump hates everyone who isn’t white. I mean, he despises them. All of them. These conversations go like this:

A: Trump is SUCH a f-cking racist, man. He hates everyone who isn’t white. How can you even support someone like that?

B: Why is he racist?

A: Are you being serious right now? C’mon, man!

B: No, but why is he racist?

A: I can’t believe you’re defending him!

B: OK, look: Donald Trump has already been the president for four years. What would you say were the top three racist policies he implemented?

A: You know what, I’m done with this discussion.

B: I’d settle for one really good one. What big racist policy did he implement?

A: I can’t even talk to you about this stuff — you’re so irrational!

Over and over and over and over again, these conversations hit the “I can’t even talk to you about this stuff” moment, the hard shutdown.

What evidence can you offer for that view? [cognitive program shuts down]

Certain trigger terms warn you that the shutdown is moments away: “conspiracy theory,” “disinformation,” “what are you even talking about?” This personal observation about social interaction applies equally well to CNN panel discussions, by the way.

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