absentee ballots

Early in-person absentee voting is underway in Wisconsin, and it’s keeping local clerks busy.

Voters encouraged to get ballots back in plenty of time for the November 3rd election

Dane County Circuit Judge Everett Mitchell stopped short of ordering electronic voting, setting up a trial on that issue later. It almost certainly will not be resolved before the November election

The move would allow voters who have already cast their ballot for a candidate who has dropped out of the race to cast a new ballot

Absentee Voting is underway in Wisconsin for the August 11th Primary.

The City of Wausau Ethics Board has ruled that Mayor Doug Diny did commit a violation of the ethics code of elected officials after the handling of a locked, unsecure ballot drop box in the lead up to the 2024 fall election.

Decision of ethics panel will be released in writing at a later date

Eight anonymous Wausau residents filed a formal ethics complaint against Mayor Doug Diny with the City of Wausau Ethics Board, alleging improper conduct in his handling of a ballot drop box before the 2024 election

Wisconsin saw such high voter turnout that it overwhelmed the computer system clerks use to process ballots.

Absentee ballot drop boxes in the presidential battleground state of Wisconsin are available in a small fraction of the places they were four years ago, with many conservative communities opting not to offer them for the upcoming election.