Wisconsin Judge Says Voters Who Returned Absentee Ballot for State Primary Can't Get a New One
The League of Women Voters of Arkansas says the laws sharply cut the pool of canvassers and raise signature-gathering costs.
- On Wednesday, Dane County Circuit Judge David Conway ruled that Wisconsin voters who have already returned absentee ballots cannot void them and request new ones if their preferred candidate withdraws from the race.
- The ruling follows a July 9 vote by the Wisconsin Elections Commission to distribute guidance preventing ballot spoiling, which Democrats challenged amid a chaotic Democratic primary featuring multiple candidate withdrawals.
- Attorney Eduardo Castro argued "voters across Wisconsin will be disenfranchised" without a do-over, while WEC Chairman Don Millis warned that allowing ballot retrieval would create an administrative "disaster" for clerk offices.
- Conway ruled the state statute is unambiguous and "does not allow a voter to spoil an absentee ballot after it is returned," maintaining WEC guidance for the August 11 primary.
- Ballot access litigation remains active nationwide; a federal judge in Arkansas is currently weighing a separate lawsuit over state laws restricting canvassing and petitioning for citizen-led ballot measures.
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Judge rules Wisconsin voters can’t recast ballots after governor race shake-up
A Dane County Circuit judge ruled Wednesday that Wisconsin voters cannot request new ballots for the Democratic primary in the governor’s race following a string of candidates dropping out or reentering the race in the closing weeks. Judge David Conway’s ruling ended a lawsuit by the state’s Democratic Party against the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC)…
No re-do! Judge prevents Dems from manipulating primary ballots
Democrats and other leftists long have advocated, with frequent success, for a voting month, or voting week, instead of an election day as specified in the U.S. Constitution. They also love mail ballots, absentee ballots and counting ballots that arrive after the election period has closed. And that scheme now has bitten them, in a...
Judge rejects Democrats’ request to allow primary re-votes
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 17: Absentee ballots are prepared to be mailed at the Wake County Board of Elections on September 17, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina will send out absentee ballots to military and overseas citizens by September 20. Other absentee ballots will be sent by September 24 to voters who requested ballots by mail. Early voting begins October 17. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)A Dane County judge…
Judge rejects attempt to let absentee voters recast ballots after candidates withdraw
A last-minute attempt to let absentee voters change ballots they cast because their candidate dropped out has been rejected by a Dane County judge. For now, that means more than 112,000 absentee ballots returned in the chaotic Democratic primary for governor are locked in ahead of the August 11 election. The post Judge rejects attempt to let absentee voters recast ballots after candidates withdraw appeared first on WPR.
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