Plaintiffs Drop Federal Lawsuit That Sought To Toss Some 800,000 Ballots

A federal lawsuit filed in Wisconsin that called into question the integrity of this year’s election has been dropped as the Trump campaign and other parties continue to pursue legal action in several other states.

The three plaintiffs, all Wisconsin voters, voluntarily withdrew the lawsuit on Monday. The legal action had been filed on Thursday in the United States District Court in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and argued that the absentee voting process in three counties, including the state’s two largest, included “illegal votes” that should invalidate the presidential election results. If the lawsuit had been successful, it would have delivered the Badger State’s 10 Electoral College votes to President Trump instead of President-elect Joe Biden, who won the state by about 20,000 votes.

It was not immediately clear why the plaintiffs dropped the litigation. When contacted by the Washington Examiner, one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers declined to comment, citing attorney-client privilege. The motion to dismiss came just before a status conference was scheduled to take place on Monday.

The lawsuit had targeted Milwaukee, Dane, and Menominee counties. Part of the lawsuit centered around “indefinitely confined voters,” who are citizens that Wisconsin law allows to vote absentee without showing photo identification. The law was designed to allow voters to self-certify as such if they are confined to their residences due to age, disability, or physical ailment. (Read more from “Plaintiffs Drop Federal Lawsuit That Sought To Toss Some 800,000 Ballots” HERE)

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