{"id":1552782,"date":"2022-07-13T14:50:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T18:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1552782"},"modified":"2022-07-13T14:50:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T18:50:14","slug":"no-guidance-for-wisconsin-election-clerks-after-top-state-court-bans-ballot-drop-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-guidance-for-wisconsin-election-clerks-after-top-state-court-bans-ballot-drop-boxes\/","title":{"rendered":"No Guidance for Wisconsin Election Clerks After Top State Court Bans Ballot Drop Boxes"},"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\">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-guidance-for-wisconsin-election-clerks-after-top-state-court-bans-ballot-drop-boxes%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=1552782&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 yet to release new\u00a0guidance on how to handle absentee ballots for the Aug. 9 primary election\u00a0after the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-supreme-court\">Supreme Court<\/a> ruled that ballot drop boxes are illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans and Democrats on the commission repeatedly hit an impasse on July 12, when it came to deciding the meaning of the court\u2019s July 8 ruling and how it should be interpreted and handled by more than 1,800 municipal clerks\u00a0ahead of the primary.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0court\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/wisconsin-supreme-court-drop-boxes-for-absentee-ballots-are-illegal_4585345.html\">ruled 4\u20133<\/a>\u00a0that 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 court didn\u2019t 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, as well as the elderly, to vote.<\/p>\n<p> Potentially Confusing <\/p>\n<p>At the commission meeting on July 13,\u00a0Republicans said the panel should provide guidance to clerks running the elections to help them better understand the ruling, while\u00a0Democrats argued that it\u2019s unclear what the commission can tell clerks, saying that the proposed guidance went too far and could potentially confuse clerks and spark a slew of lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Republican Commissioner Bob Spindell offered a proposal that would require voters to present identification when returning a ballot to a clerk\u2019s office, calling it a \u201csecurity measure\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wisconsin Elections Commission\u00a0(WEC) has yet to release new\u00a0guidance on how to handle absentee ballots for the Aug. 9 primary election\u00a0after the state\u2019s Supreme Court ruled that ballot drop boxes are illegal. 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