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National Democrats file absentee ballot lawsuit in Wisconsin ahead of state Supreme Court flip (apnews.com)

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A new lawsuit filed in Wisconsin by a national Democratic law firm seeks to once again allow voters to return absentee ballots in drop boxes, a practice that was barred by the state Supreme Court last year following criticism by former President Donald Trump.

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[-] theragu40@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Wisconsinite here.

Not having the drop boxes has been super annoying.

My wife and I both work full time, and we have little kids. Having the ability to both fill out our absentee ballots and then one of us drop it off was really really helpful for getting our ballots to a place we knew it would be counted.

Instead our options now are to mail it (which is fine but as pointed out by OP, this is not maybe the most reliable or dependable since there is not a guarantee it gets there in time or at all), or to physically bring our ballots to city hall (which we have to each find time to do separately during business hours).

I would love to have the drop boxes back.

[+] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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[-] theragu40@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

No, it is not automatic. You need to register for absentee voting for every election. You can do it for a full calendar year's worth of elections, but no more. If you miss turning it in (for instance, one year we ended up just going to the polls because we missed getting it in the mail on time), they automatically unregister you and you have to redo it.

So yes there is tracking per voter, which only really starts after they receive it.

We get no candidate information as part of this.

[-] ProfessorScience@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

You have to sign up. Every attempt to expand access to voting is like pulling teeth from the gerrymandered, near-supermajorty conservative state legislature here. What Washington has is great, but there's no way that's happening in Wisconsin any time soon.

[-] Drusas@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

You're forgetting that it's also possible to vote in person, it's just not required. Hello, fellow Washingtonian.

[-] MicroWave@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

“By restricting Wisconsin voters’ options for returning their absentee ballots and having those ballots properly counted, the Drop Box Prohibition severely burdens the right to vote,” the lawsuit said in arguing that last year’s ruling should be overturned. “Without the opportunity to drop off their absentee ballots at drop boxes, voters must instead rely on the U.S. Postal Service — and its unsecured mailboxes — to deliver their absentee ballot and simply hope that the ballot arrives by election day.”

[-] Jeff@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

If they can’t reduce the amount of voters they will lose.

[-] Darkhoof@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's really a signal that the US has become a sliding democracy when the court system is so politicized. Judge nomination should never be dependent on politicians, and it should be based on merit of their career and formation to become a judge.

As it is, there is no clear separation of judicial power from political power. As for Wisconsin: hopefully the situation will change there, and the new court majority will break the current gerrymanders to make the state a democracy again.

[-] CoderKat@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Strongly agreed. To give a comparison, I'm a decently well informed Canadian. I don't know any of the judges in the Canadian Supreme Court. I can name every single one of the American Supreme Court judges and the various issues with several of them. The difference is night and day.

[-] Darkhoof@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly. It's crazy.

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