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Tag Archives: Absentee voting

No major difficulties with ballot drop boxes in 2020, AP finds

The expanded use of drop boxes for mailed ballots during the 2020 election did not lead to any widespread problems, according to an Associated Press survey of state election officials across the U.S. that revealed no cases of fraud, vandalism or theft that could have affected the results.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court disallows absentee ballot drop boxes

Wisconsin's conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled on Friday that absentee ballot drop boxes may be placed only in election offices and that no one other than the voter can return a ballot in person, dealing a defeat to Democrats who said the decision would make it harder to vote in the battleground state.

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Wisconsin election officials deadlock on drop-box rules

Wisconsin elections officials failed to reach a consensus Friday on how to handle Republican lawmakers' demands that they either withdraw guidance on absentee ballot drop boxes or quickly publish formal rules, opening the door to yet another legal battle.

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No voters targeted for purge voted in Wisconsin in 2020

The number of voters identified as possibly having moved in Wisconsin decreased by two-thirds before the November presidential election, and none of the people still on the list cast ballots in 2020, the state Elections Commission reported Wednesday.

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Wisconsin absentee case may be headed to US Supreme Court

Democrats and their allies said Tuesday they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin that are received as many as six days after the election can be counted — a step being fought by Republicans who have opposed other attempts across the country to make voting easier.

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Despite fears, Wisconsin elections leader says state ready

The chief elections official in the presidential battleground of Wisconsin said Tuesday that the state is prepared for the November election, despite fears over security, the coronavirus pandemic and the U.S. Postal Service's ability to process an expected record-high number of mailed-in absentee ballots.

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Wisconsin weighs mailing all voters absentee application

Wisconsin election officials were moving Wednesday to vote on a plan to mail absentee ballot applications to voters who haven't requested one, a step that could incur President Donald Trump's wrath after he had threatened to pull funding from states that have adopted similar measures.

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In Wisconsin, missing absentees spur questions and anger

The U.S. Postal Service and election officials searched for answers Thursday about why an untold number of absentee ballots never made it to voters in Wisconsin who didn't want to risk contracting the coronavirus by voting at the polls in the state's presidential primary.

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