Wisconsin Ballot Drop Box Case Focuses on What Voting Law Says

Most of the argument for again allowing ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin hinges on what the state’s absentee voter law did and did not say. The new liberal-majority Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday on whether it should overturn a 2022 decision from the then conservative-majority court that outlawed ballot drop boxes. “[The 2022 court] read a restriction into the statute that simply is not there and in doing so made it harder for municipal clerks to carry out their duties and for Wisconsin voters to return their ballots for no adequate legal reason,” David Fox, attorney for Priorities USA told the court Monday morning.Full story:https://www.thecentersquare.com/wisconsin/article_760fef88-115a-11ef-9c8c-cf3b1f86abc7.html Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.