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RandySF

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Wed Sep 18, 2024, 03:46 AM Sep 2024

Dane County judge plans to sign revised order on absentee ballot witness addresses [View all]

A Dane County Court court order will soon be updated to reflected an earlier appeals court ruling over when absentee ballots can be counted in Wisconsin.

That’s after the state’s court of appeals sided mostly with a progressive group this summer when it agreed to a broader understanding of when a witness’ address is detailed enough for an absentee ballot to be counted.

Under state law, absentee ballot envelopes must be signed by an adult witness who provides their address. But the law doesn’t define what that address should look like.

In 2022, a Waukesha Circuit Court judge ruled that clerks could no longer continue the practice of filling in missing information from an absentee ballot witness certificate, a practice known as ballot curing.


https://www.wpr.org/news/dane-county-judge-to-sign-revised-order-absentee-ballot-witness-addresses

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