Split Wisconsin Supreme Court rules drop boxes are illegal, voters must mail or hand-deliver absentee ballots to clerk
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In line with a recent state Supreme Court decision, drop boxes were not used for the April 5 election.
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One of 14 ballot drop boxes installed throughout Madison in 2020 shares the sidewalk outside Fire Station 4 on Monroe Street. The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday ruled the use of such drop boxes in the state is illegal except for in clerks' offices.
Absentee ballot drop boxes, which were used in hundreds of communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, are now illegal in the state except in clerk’s offices, a divided Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled just one month before the Aug. 9 primary.
Meryl DiIorio casts his ballot at the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center in Madison on Tuesday. Voters around the state chose representatives for nonpartisan school and municipal offices.
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Kim Lawrence places a "future voter" sticker on her son Ethan as she exits the polling place at Yahara Bay Distillery in Madison Tuesday. "He's 4½ months old, so he has a long way to go," Lawrence said.
KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL
Meryl DiIorio fills out his ballot at the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, April 5, 2022. KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL
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Judy Hill, left, maneuvers her mother, Reta Harring, down the handicap ramp, followed by Steve Hill, after Harring cast her ballot at the Mallards Duck Blind Clubhouse in Madison on Tuesday. The family was frustrated with the long and bumpy path from the parking lot to the voting booths.
Voters fill out their ballots with a view of the baseball diamond at the Mallards Duck Blind Clubhouse Tuesday.
Daniel Braund fills out his ballot at the Mallards Duck Blind Clubhouse in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, April 5, 2022. KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL
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Voters exit their polling place located in Hy-Vee on East Washington Avenue in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, April 5, 2022. KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL
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Stef Bugasch Scopoline casts her ballot at Yahara Bay Distillery in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, April 5, 2022. KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL
Chief Inspector Dena Sedlmayr, left, and volunteer poll worker Emily Temte reinstall the location banner outside of Gates of Heaven Synagogue in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, April 5, 2022. KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL
KAYLA WOLF STATE JOURNAL
A voter enters the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center in Madison to cast a ballot Tuesday. Turnout was light in Tuesday's balloting for local offices.
One of 14 ballot drop boxes installed throughout Madison in 2020 shares the sidewalk outside Fire Station 4 on Monroe Street. The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday ruled the use of such drop boxes in the state is illegal except for in clerks' offices.
