{"id":2237524,"date":"2024-05-05T09:45:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T13:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-democrat-leadership-continues-drop-box-push\/"},"modified":"2024-05-05T09:47:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T13:47:34","slug":"wisconsin-democrat-leadership-continues-drop-box-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-democrat-leadership-continues-drop-box-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Democratic Leaders Advocate for Drop Box Expansion"},"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\">16<\/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-democrat-leadership-continues-drop-box-push%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=2237524&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>Wisconsin&#8217;s Democratic leadership,\u200d led by \u2062AG Josh Kaul \u200band Gov. Tony Evers, \u200dis advocating for the \u200bcontinuation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-zuckerberg-bans-president-trump-from-using-facebook-indefinitely\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Zuckerberg Bans President Trump from Using Facebook \u201cIndefinitely\u201d\">ballot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-caught-them-lin-wood-outed-mysterious-georgia-operative-gabe-sterling-now-video-shows-him-admitting-he-helped-set-up-drop-boxes-and-promoted-far-left-activists-as-absentee-ballot-counters\/\" title=\"WE CAUGHT THEM: Lin Wood Outed Mysterious Georgia Operative Gabe Sterling - Now Video Shows Him Admitting He Helped Set Up Drop Boxes and Promoted Far Left Activists as Absentee Ballot Counters\">drop boxes<\/a><\/a> in the state. They argue that drop boxes enhance accessibility \u2063and security in voting, \u200cdespite facing criticism as part of broader attacks on election integrity.\u200c Kaul\u2062 emphasizes\u2064 that Wisconsin law does not explicitly forbid the use of drop boxes. \u2064Wisconsin&#8217;s Democratic leaders\u200b AG Josh Kaul and \u200dGov. Tony Evers champion\u200d the \u2062retention of ballot drop boxes in the state. They highlight\u2064 the importance of drop boxes in improving \u200dvoting accessibility and security, countering\u200b critiques amid wider challenges to election integrity. Kaul underscores that Wisconsin law\u2062 does not \u200cspecifically prohibit \u200cthe utilization of drop \u200dboxes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 Wisconsin\u2019s Democrat leadership continued its push for drop boxes as Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a response brief with the Wisconsin Supreme Court to allow them.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers filed a brief in early April looking overturn a ruling from 2022 that said ballot drop boxes are not allowed under state law.<\/p>\n<p>Kaul wrote that, by spring 2021, 570 drop boxes were placed across 66 of Wisconsin\u2019s 72 counties and the share of Wisconsin voters casting an absentee ballot increased from 6% to 30% from 2002 to 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Kaul argued Wisconsin law does not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-using-tax-dollars-to-boost-democrat-registration-and-turnout\/\" title=\"Biden Using Tax Dollars to Boost Democrat Registration and Turnout\">prohibit drop boxes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cVoting should be safe, secure and accessible \u2014 and drop boxes are,\u201d Kaul said in a statement. \u201cUnfortunately, the use of drop boxes has been swept into the broader and baseless attacks on our elections and our democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough our filing, we\u2019re arguing that Wisconsin law does not prohibit the use of drop boxes, and that clerks should be able to determine whether to offer this convenient method of voting in their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin Democrats press for drop boxes as AG Kaul and Gov. 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