WI Supreme Court Bans Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes

The Associated Press reports:

Wisconsin’s conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled Friday that absentee ballot drop boxes may be placed only in election offices, dealing critical defeats to Democrats in the battleground state.

The court did not address the question of whether anyone other than the voter can return his or her own ballot by mail. Election officials and others had argued that drop boxes are a secure and convenient way for voters to return ballots.

After Trump lost the state, he and Republicans alleged that drop boxes facilitated cheating, even though they offered no evidence. The conservative law firm Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty sued in 2021.

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BREAKING: In a split decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that absentee ballot drop-off boxes are illegal. Voters will have to return their ballots via mail or in-person to their clerks. https://t.co/8hFbkFpYsu

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