% THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
% >> THANK YOU.
% >>> TURNING TO ELECTION NEWS,
% ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP BOXES USED
% ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE
% COVID-19 PANDEMIC ARE NOW
% ILLEGAL AFTER A WISCONSIN
% SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT WAS
% RELEASED TODAY.
% SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER
% ZAC SCHULTZ JOINS US WITH MORE
% FROM THE CAPITOL.
% HEY, ZACH.
% >> HELLO, FRED.
% THESE WERE WIDELY USED.
% DROP BOXES WEREN'T IN PART OF
% THE OLD STATE HISTORY AND THEY
% WEREN'T PART OF STATE LAW, WHICH
% IS WHAT CREATED THE LEGAL
% UNCERTAINTY OF WHAT HAPPENED TO
% THEM.
% CLERKS ARE AROUND THE STATE SAID
% THEY'RE NOT BARRED AND WE'RE
% GOING TO USE THEM.
% AND THERE WERE NOW LAWSUITS AT
% THAT TIME.
% AND SINCE THEM THERE HAVE BEEN
% LAWSUITS AND THE SUPREME COURT
% FINISHED THEIR 4-THERE A A
% DIS -- 4-3 DECISION, THEY SAY
% THAT BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE
% LANGUAGE IN STATE STATUTES
% DEALING WITH ABSENTEE BALLOTS,
% DROP BOXES ARE ILLEGAL IN
% WISCONSIN.%>> SO WHAT DO VOTE
RS DO NOW?
% >> WELL, I HAVE MY ABSENTEE
% BALLOT RIGHT HERE.
% WE'RE ABOUT A MONTH AWAY FROM
% THE AUGUST PRIMARY ELECTION.
% AND I COULD EITHER PUT THIS IN A
% PAIL BOX IN MY MAILBOX OR ONE OF
% THE OFFICIAL FEDERAL MAILBOXES
% THAT LOOKS LIKE A DROP BOX BUT
% IS NOT.
% THE BIG DISTINCT, ACCORDING TO
% WISCONSIN LAW.
% OR I COULD BRING IT TO THE
% MUNICIPAL CLERK WHERE I WOULD
% VOTE AND HAPPENED IT IN THERE,
% OR I CAN BRING TO IT THE POLL ON
% VOTING DAY.
% I CAN'T GIVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE
% TO BRING IT IN.
% THAT'S NOW ILLEGAL.
% AND I ALSO CANNOT PUT IT IN THE
% DROP BOX.
% SO I HAVE TO THINK A LITTLE MORE
% WHERE I WANT TO PUT IT.
% AND FOR VOTERS WHO WAIT UNTIL
% MUCH CLOSER TO THE ELECTION,
% EITHER MAKE YOUR VOTE AND GET
% THEIR BALLOT AND RECEIVE IT.
% IF THEY DON'T TRUST THE FEDERAL
% MAIL IS GOING TO GET IT BACK
% WHICH IS A BIG QUESTION WITH THE
% SLOW MAIL RETURNS DURING THE
% PANDEMIC, OR IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE
% TO TRAVEL IN, HOW DO THEY MAKE
% THEIR VOTE COUNT PHYSICAL
% THEY'RE VOTING ABSENTEE?
% >> WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR
% BANNING THESE OR PROHIBITING
% THESE BOXES?
% >> THERE ISINGING IN IN STATE --
% THERE IS NOTHING SOME STATE
% LAW -- IN STATE LAW ABOUT DROP
% BOXES.%VOTE BE ANTE PUB -- VO
TING BY
% ABSENTEE.
% WHAT THE STATE ANNOUNCED IS
% BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE SAID IT HAS
% TO BE DELIVERED TO THE MUNICIPAL
% CLERK, THAT THEY MEANT
% PERSONALLY HANDED TO THEM.
% IT CAN'T BE PUT IN AN UNMANNED
% DROP BOX WHICH WAS WHAT DROP
% BOXES WOULD HAVE BEEN.
% >> SO THE DISSENTING LIBERAL
% JUSTICES HAD SOMETHING TO SAY
% ABOUT THIS.
% >> YEAH.
% THEY BELIEVED THIS IS JUST
% FURTHER ENCUMBERING VOTING%RI
GHTS IN WISCONSIN.
% THEY SAID IT WAS UNNECESSARY,
% THAT IT PLAYS INTO CONSPIRACY
% THEORIES BEING PUSHED BY
% CONSERVATIVES.%TRUMP SUED SAY
ING IT WAS DROP
% BOXES IN DANA, MILWAUKEE COUNTY,
% THAT WERE FILLED WITH FORT
% LAUDERDALE.%THERE'S NO BASIS
FOR THAT
% WHATSOEVER.
% SO SOME OF THE LIBERALS SAY THIS
% DOESN'T HELP WITH PEOPLE'S
% BELIEF IN THE SECURITY OF OUR
% ELECTIONS.
% >> WE LEAVE IT THERE.
% WE KNOW YOU HAVE SOME GOOD
% ONLINE REPORTING ON THIS.