Judge Orders Wisconsin to Follow Law on Mail Ballot Applications

Published on November 17, 2023

The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) has been ordered to bring its problem-prone electronic absentee ballot application process into conformance with “the requirements of the law.” The process, which was largely created by embattled WEC administrator Meagan Wolfe, is part of MyVote, a digital platform on which voters apply for an absentee ballot and are able to track its status as it moves through the system. Ms. Wolfe is currently facing articles of impeachment in the Republican-controlled state Assembly. Her agency’s latest court loss has added to Ms. Wolfe’s woes. The state’s online absentee ballot application system has been much maligned ever since a citizen investigator and a government whistleblower demonstrated that anyone could apply for and receive an absentee ballot in another person’s name and have it sent anywhere....

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