Late ballots can count if officials make errors, Dane County judge rules

Late ballots can count if officials make errors, Wisconsin judge rules

The order came after Madison voters sued to have officials count ballots that arrived at the city on time but didn’t make it to the polls by 8 p.m. on Election Day.

Judge: Clerks can’t reject late ballots if delay caused by local officials

Dane County Circuit Court Judge Everett Mitchell wrote in his Tuesday decision that the commission’s order to reject the ballots was “an unconstitutional invasion of the Plaintiffs’ right to vote.”

Wisconsin officials can count ballots that arrive late if officials make errors, judge rules

The order came after Madison voters sued to have officials count ballots that arrived at the city on time but didn’t make it to the polls by 8 p.m. on Election Day. Wisconsin officials can count ballots that arrive late if officials make errors, judge rules is a post from Wisconsin Watch, a non-profit investigative news site covering Wisconsin since 2009. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.

Clerks may not reject ballots arriving late due to error, judge rules

MADISON – Wisconsin election officials may not reject absentee ballots that fail to arrive at polling places on time due to errors made by local government officials, a Dane County judge ruled Tuesday

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Late ballots can count if officials make errors, Dane County judge rules

Poll workers gather bins of absentee ballots in Milwaukee. A Wisconsin judge ruled in October that ballots can count if they're late solely because of election officials' errors.