Can Wisconsin voters void a returned absentee ballot? Issue could head back to court

Wisconsin election officials may reignite a legal battle over absentee voting with a July guidance stating that voters cannot void a returned absentee ballot and cast a new one, even if Election Day is weeks away or the candidate they supported has dropped out. It’s the latest development in a legal dispute that began in 2022 and was reopened by an appeals court decision earlier this year. The new guideline for clerks, adopted by the Wisconsin Elections Commission earlier this month, reverses the commission’s previous position and Attorney General Josh Kaul’s legal arguments on the agency’s behalf that voters should be allowed to replace absentee ballots they have already returned as long as they comply with statutory deadlines. Alexander Shur, Votebeat.

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