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Sep 26, 2024 4:58 AM CDT

Mayor Carts Away Ballot Drop Box

Wisconsin mayor says he did nothing wrong

(Newser) - The mayor of a central Wisconsin city who ran for office on his opposition to absentee ballot drop boxes said Wednesday he did nothing wrong when he put on work gloves, donned a hard, hat and used a dolly, to cart away a drop box outside City Hall. Wausau Mayor...

Wisconsin Court Flips
Decision on Ballot Drop Boxes

Jul 5, 2024 2:21 PM CDT

Wisconsin Court Flips Decision on Ballot Drop Boxes

Trump had argued they were enabling vote fraud

(Newser) - Two years after the state Supreme Court ruled that many unsupervised drop boxes for absentee ballots are illegal, Wisconsin's voters were told Friday that they can use them again. The decision is a victory for Democrats who maintain that the boxes make voting more accessible, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...

Judge: Group Can Keep Tabs on Ariz. Drop Boxes

Judge Rules on
Monitoring Ariz.
Drop Boxes

Oct 29, 2022 9:00 AM CDT

Judge Rules on Monitoring Ariz. Drop Boxes

Group can keep tabs on boxes in Maricopa County, over complaints of intimidation

(Newser) - A federal judge Friday refused to bar a group from monitoring outdoor ballot boxes in Arizona's largest county, where watchers have shown up armed and in ballistic vests, saying to do so could violate the monitors' constitutional rights. US District Court Judge Michael Liburdi said the case remained open,...

States Report No Fraud in
2020 Use of Drop Boxes

Jul 17, 2022 12:15 PM CDT

States Report No Fraud in 2020 Use of Drop Boxes

Survey findings counter unproven claims of stolen ballots

(Newser) - The expanded use of drop boxes for mailed ballots during the 2020 election did not lead to any widespread problems, according to an AP survey of state election officials across the US that revealed no cases of fraud, vandalism, or theft that could have affected the results. The findings from...

Wisconsin Supreme Court Bans Drop Boxes for Absentee Ballots

Wisconsin Court Angers
Democrats on Voting Decision

Jul 8, 2022 1:54 PM CDT

Wisconsin Court Angers Democrats on Voting Decision

In 4-3 vote, state's top court bans drop boxes for absentee ballots

(Newser) - Wisconsin's conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled Friday that absentee ballot drop boxes may be placed only in election offices and that no one other than the voter can return a ballot in person, dealing a defeat to Democrats who said the decision would make it harder to vote in the...

State's GOP Accused of Setting
Up Illegal Ballot Drop Boxes

Oct 12, 2020 9:25 AM CDT

State's GOP Accused of Setting Up Illegal Ballot Drop Boxes

Calif.'s Republican Party is trying to claim it's legal 'ballot harvesting,' but SecState is pushing back

(Newser) - Ballot drop boxes are popping up at churches, gun shops, candidate HQs, and local GOP party offices in three California counties, which would seem on the surface to offer voters lots of options for getting their vote counted. The problem is, these ballot boxes aren't official, and California's...