Wisconsin absentee voters seek court ruling allowing them to cast new ballots
Summary
A lawsuit in Wisconsin asks the court to allow voters who have already returned absentee ballots to cancel those and vote again. This is important because some candidates dropped out after voters cast ballots. The state elections commission currently says voters cannot request new ballots once submitted.Key Facts
- The lawsuit was filed by three voters supported by Wisconsin’s Democratic Party.
- It targets the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s guidance that voters cannot get new absentee ballots after submitting one.
- Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez recently dropped out of the governor’s Democratic primary, and David Crowley reentered the race.
- Rodriguez’s and Missy Hughes’s names remain on the ballot despite having dropped out.
- Nearly 91,000 absentee ballots had been returned as of the lawsuit filing.
- The lawsuit claims the commission’s rules violate Wisconsin law and the state constitution’s voting rights.
- Absentee ballot “spoiling” allows voters to cancel a submitted ballot and send a new one; this practice has been legally disputed before.
- The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 4-2 to ban the spoiling of absentee ballots this year.
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