Wisconsin Democrats Want to Allow Absentee Voters to Cast a New Primary Ballot
The party says the rule could lock in ballots cast before recent candidate shakeups and asks officials to restore voters’ ability to change them.
- Wisconsin Democrats want absentee voters who cast ballots for Sara Rodriguez to be allowed to submit new primary ballots after she ended her 2024 governor campaign and David Crowley rejoined with Governor Tony Evers' endorsement.
- More than 80,000 absentee ballots have been returned, but current Wisconsin Elections Commission guidance prohibits voters who submitted ballots for Rodriguez from receiving new ballots.
- The Democratic Party argues this guidance must be reversed, citing a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court ruling and prior commission rules to ensure full voter participation in the primary.
- This dispute is expected to lead to a lawsuit with the August 11 primary about three weeks away, amid Democrats' hopes to retain the governorship and gain full control of state government.
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View: Democrats crash their own party
David’s viewWhat’s the point of a political party? We’ve received a few answers to that question this month.Maine Democrats threw together a mini-primary to replace their US Senate nominee. In Wisconsin, where the Democrat most party leaders were comfortable with blew up her campaign, Gov. Tony Evers yanked a former candidate off the bench and endorsed him. Officially neutral in the Aug. 11 primary, Wisconsin Democrats began asking the state if …
Wisconsin Democrats Ask Elections Commission to Allow Voters to Recast Absentee Ballots
Over 80,000 ballots have already been submitted, but the party argues many of these votes are going to waste due to candidates dropping or reentering the race. Morry Gash/AP PhotoWisconsin’s gubernatorial candidates keep shuffling before next month’s primary. Now, the state Democratic party is requesting Wisconsin’s elections panel allow voters who already cast an absentee ballot to vote again.After thousands of Wisconsinites had already submitt…
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Democrats ask WEC to end rule barring changes to mail-in ballots if candidate drops out
MADISON, Wis. -- The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is asking the Wisconsin Elections Commission to withdraw its guidance barring absentee voters from spoiling their already-mailed ballots if their chosen candidate
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