Wisconsin Student Group Condemns Election Fraud Suspicions, Demands Investigation of Election Commission over Ballot Barcodes

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Thai Studies group released a statement on February 21, 2024, condemning suspicious election conduct and demanding legal action against the Election Commission. They highlighted concerns about magnetic barcode strips on party-list election ballots that can potentially identify individual voters, which they argue fundamentally violates the principle of secret ballot voting. The group argues that the barcodes compromise democratic voting principles by potentially enabling voter identification, which could expose individuals to external pressure or discrimination based on their voting choices.