A state Democratic Party-backed
lawsuit seeks to block the
Wisconsin Elections Commission
guidance that says
voters who have returned
their absentee ballots
cannot request a new ballot
if the candidate they voted for
drops out
candidates like Sara Rodriguez
and Missy Hughes.
How unusual is this
circumstance with two candidates
dropping out and one reentering
with absentee voting
already underway with like
90,000 ballots already cast?
It is something that has
come up before, where candidates
leave the race
during this period
after absentee ballots go out.
That is part of why
proponents of ballot spoiling
think that it should
be allowed at this stage
is because there are folks
who have cast
their absentee ballots and
their candidate might no longer
be in the race.
What about Elections Commission
guidance to clerks
being so close
to the Aug. 11 primary?
That is another issue
that the plaintiffs challenging
this change are arguing
and pointing to, is that
voters who return their ballots
before that guidance thought
that they could potentially
then change their ballots
after the fact
if something developed
in the campaigns.
At least one voter in the case
is saying that he would have
held off on submitting
his absentee ballot
had he known that
he couldn't change it at
a later date.