{"id":1551469,"date":"2022-07-13T03:04:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T07:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1551469"},"modified":"2022-07-13T03:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T07:04:19","slug":"wisconsin-elections-commission-fails-to-release-guidance-for-clerks-after-supreme-court-rules-ballot-drop-boxes-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-elections-commission-fails-to-release-guidance-for-clerks-after-supreme-court-rules-ballot-drop-boxes-illegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Elections Commission Fails to Release Guidance for Clerks After Supreme Court Rules Ballot Drop Boxes Illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fwisconsin-elections-commission-fails-to-release-guidance-for-clerks-after-supreme-court-rules-ballot-drop-boxes-illegal%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=1551469&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-wisconsin\">Wisconsin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-elections\">Elections<\/a> Commission\u00a0(WEC) has not yet released new\u00a0guidance on how to handle absentee ballots for the upcoming August election\u00a0after the Wisconsin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-supreme-court\">Supreme Court<\/a> ruled ballot drop boxes are illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Both Republicans and Democrats on the commission repeatedly hit an impasse on Tuesday when it came to deciding what the Supreme Courts\u2019 ruling meant and how it should be interpreted and handled by more than 1,800 clerks\u00a0ahead of the Aug. 9 primary.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0court<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/wisconsin-supreme-court-drop-boxes-for-absentee-ballots-are-illegal_4585345.html\"> ruled 4-3<\/a> on July 8 that drop boxes that enable people to drop off ballots cast by themselves and others are illegal under state law and voters must\u00a0return their ballots in person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hold the documents are invalid because ballot drop boxes are illegal under Wisconsin statutes,\u201d Justice Rebecca Bradley wrote in the majority opinion on July 8. \u201cAn absentee ballot must be returned by mail or the voter must personally deliver it\u00a0to the municipal clerk at the clerk\u2019s office or a designated alternate site.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court did not address the question of who can put an absentee ballot in the mail.<\/p>\n<p>While state law says an\u00a0absentee ballot \u201cshall be mailed by the elector\u201d, federal law allows for disabled people to receive assistance with their ballot, meaning the Supreme Court\u2019s decision could make it more difficult for the disabled to vote, as well as the elderly.<\/p>\n<p>At their meeting on Tuesday,\u00a0Republican commissioners said the commission should provide guidance to clerks running the elections to help them better understand the ruling.<\/p>\n<p> Potentially Confusing <\/p>\n<p>However,\u00a0Democrats argued that it is unclear what the commission can tell clerks and that the proposed guidance went too far and could potentially confuse clerks and spark a slew of lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Commissioner Bob Spindell proposed a motion that would require voters to present ID when returning a ballot to a clerk\u2019s office, calling it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wisconsin Elections Commission\u00a0(WEC) has not yet released new\u00a0guidance on how to handle absentee ballots for the upcoming August election\u00a0after the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled ballot drop boxes are illegal. 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