Wisconsin Judge Crushes Democrats Absentee Ballot Scheme With Ruling On Drop Boxes

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Wisconsin Judge Crushes Democrats Absentee Ballot Scheme With Ruling On Drop Boxes
Carmine Sabia January 14, 2022

A Wisconsin judge has dealt a stunning blow to Democrats in the state with a decision to end absentee ballot drop boxes in the state.

Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Michael Bohren said that state law allows absentee ballots to be returned in person or by mail but not by drop boxes, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

“It’s all good and nice, but there’s no authority to do it,” he said of the drop boxes.

He said he would finalize an injunction in 10 days ordering the state Elections Commission to withdraw long-standing advice to municipal clerks around the state that says they can use absentee ballot drop boxes.

Drop boxes have long been available in some Wisconsin communities, but their use expanded greatly in 2020 when absentee voting exploded because of the coronavirus pandemic. More than 500 of them were available during the presidential election, according to a database compiled by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.

Bohren’s ruling barring the use of drop boxes — if it survives an almost-certain appeal — will affect how ballots can be returned in next month’s low-turnout primary for the spring elections. It will have more far-reaching consequences in the fall, when far more people vote.

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[Kamaji]

One small step back from the abyss.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

“It’s all good and nice, but there’s no authority to do it,” he said of the drop boxes.

We rarely see this response from our judges.  It is refreshing to see one actually doing what he was hired to do: act according to the law.

He has set up the legislature to pass a law to properly enact the authority.