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" In a certain mad way, you have to admire the Republicans in the state of Wisconsin. The stamina and diligence with which they discover new ways to clown up their elections is something to behold. The latest gambit comes from the incoming Majority Leader of the state senate, one Peter Fitzgerald, a product of one the state&amp;#039;s most prominent clans of hack conservatives. It is the opinion of this gentleman that the state&amp;#039;s independent Government Accountability Board, which is made up of retired judges and is resolutely nonpartisan, has issued one too many decisions with which Fitzgerald does not agree. His solution? Let the governor appoint the members! What could possibly go wrong there. Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau), who becomes Senate majority leader in January, said he believed the state Government Accountability Board has made decisions favoring Democrats and that putting political appointees on the board would &amp;quot;strike more of a balance.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;GAB, it&amp;#039;s not working the way it&amp;#039;s supposed to,&amp;quot; Fitzgerald said. A lot of the GAB&amp;#039;s work has to do with adjudicating disputes over elections, so you can see where this is headed. The war on the franchise is occurring on many fronts and in many places, and there is no shame in the people waging it. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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