Madison’s missing-ballot mess leads to an unusual claim for monetary damages

Madison’s missing-ballot mess leads to an unusual claim for monetary damages

Reading Time: 5 minutesElection officials in Madison are already facing a state and city investigation into the series of errors that resulted in nearly 200 absentee ballots not being counted in last fall’s election. Now officials there face a claim for compensation in an unusual case that aims to emphasize the importance of properly counting all ballots and set a monetary penalty for denying people their vote. A liberal election law group calle…