{"id":1220304,"date":"2022-01-17T15:23:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T20:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1220304"},"modified":"2022-01-17T15:23:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T20:23:27","slug":"no-authority-to-do-it-wisconsin-judge-bans-ballot-drop-boxes-outlaws-ballot-harvesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-authority-to-do-it-wisconsin-judge-bans-ballot-drop-boxes-outlaws-ballot-harvesting\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No Authority To Do It\u2019: Wisconsin Judge Bans Ballot Drop Boxes, Outlaws Ballot Harvesting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-authority-to-do-it-wisconsin-judge-bans-ballot-drop-boxes-outlaws-ballot-harvesting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1220304&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A Waukesha County judge ruled Thursday that ballot drop boxes cannot be used in the state of Wisconsin, asserting that the Wisconsin Elections Commission has \u201cno authority\u201d to permit the drop boxes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cIt\u2019s all good and nice, but there\u2019s no authority to do it,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/01\/13\/judge-bars-use-absentee-ballot-drop-boxes-wisconsin\/6512589001\/\">said<\/a>&nbsp;Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Michael Bohren.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Bohren made the determination in response to a lawsuit filed by voters represented by the&nbsp;conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL), The Federalist <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/17\/wisconsin-judge-bans-ballot-drop-boxes-says-election-officials-broke-the-law\/\">explained<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Notably, Bohren\u2019s ruling also blocks outsiders from returning a voter\u2019s&nbsp;absentee ballot for them. \u201cThat means political groups can\u2019t pick up ballots for voters&nbsp;\u2014 a practice&nbsp;that has not been widely used in Wisconsin,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/01\/13\/judge-bars-use-absentee-ballot-drop-boxes-wisconsin\/6512589001\/\">according<\/a> to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release, WILL said Judge Bohren\u2019s decision bans ballot harvesting.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs \u201cargued that state law allowed for only two methods of returning an absentee ballot: Through the mail or in person at the municipal clerk\u2019s office. Nowhere does it allow for a ballot to be dropped off in a drop box,\u201d The Federalist report outlined. Additionally,&nbsp;Wisconsin law clearly states that no person \u201cmay receive a ballot from or give a ballot to a person other than the election official in charge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, ahead of the 2020 election, the&nbsp;Wisconsin Elections Commission indicated in a memo to clerks that \u201c\u2018a family member or another person may also return the ballot on behalf of the voter\u2019 and that ballots could be returned in drop boxes instead of in person at the clerk\u2019s office,\u201d The Federalist said. Some <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/2020\/10\/Wisconsin-absentee-ballot-drop-box-search\/\">500 drop boxes<\/a> were set up across the state, collecting tens of thousands of absentee ballots in the 2020 general election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guidance from the Wisconsin Elections Commission on absentee ballot drop boxes was unlawful. There are just two legal methods to cast an absentee ballot in Wisconsin: through the mail or in-person at a clerk\u2019s office,\u201d said WILL Deputy Counsel, Luke Berg. \u201cAnd voters must return their own ballots. We are pleased the court made this clear, providing Wisconsin voters with certainty for forthcoming elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-faces-backlash-over-voting-rights-speech\">delivered<\/a> a controversial speech outlining Democrats\u2019 plan to overhaul the nation\u2019s election laws by passing the so-called \u201cFreedom To Vote Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president caught backlash when he likened opponents of the radical voting legislation to racists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I ask every elected official in America: how do you want to be remembered? \u2026Do you want to be the side of Dr. King or George Wallace?\u2026 Do you want to be the side of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis? This is the moment to decide\u2026,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-faces-backlash-over-voting-rights-speech\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Bohren said a finalized injunction was forthcoming \u201cordering the state Elections Commission to withdraw long-standing advice to municipal clerks around the state that says they can use absentee ballot drop boxes,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/01\/13\/judge-bars-use-absentee-ballot-drop-boxes-wisconsin\/6512589001\/\">according<\/a> to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The ruling is expected to be appealed.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Waukesha County judge ruled Thursday that ballot drop boxes cannot be used in the state of Wisconsin, asserting that the Wisconsin Elections Commission has \u201cno authority\u201d to permit the drop boxes. \u201cIt\u2019s all good and nice, but there\u2019s no authority to do it,\u201d said\u00a0Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Michael Bohren. 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