MADISON, WI (WRN) – An injunction from a federal judge provides disabled voters in Wisconsin the option of getting help from another person to mail or deliver their absentee ballots.
US District Court Judge James Peterson on Wednesday gave the Wisconsin Elections Commission until September 9 to issue guidance to clerks reflecting his order.
Peterson’s ruling followed a lawsuit, filed after the Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed a Waukesha County ruling that drop boxes were prohibited under Wisconsin law.
However, the justices did not address the question of whether voters had to put ballots in the mail themselves.
Peterson wrote “voters shouldn’t have to choose between exercising their federal rights and complying with state law.”
