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A state Democratic Party-backed

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lawsuit seeks to block the

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Wisconsin Elections Commission

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guidance that says

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voters who have returned

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their absentee ballots

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cannot request a new ballot

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if the candidate they voted for

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drops out

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candidates like Sara Rodriguez

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and Missy Hughes.

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How unusual is this

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circumstance with two candidates

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dropping out and one reentering

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with absentee voting

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already underway with like

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90,000 ballots already cast?

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It is something that has

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come up before, where candidates

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leave the race

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during this period

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after absentee ballots go out.

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That is part of why

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proponents of ballot spoiling

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think that it should

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be allowed at this stage

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is because there are folks

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who have cast

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their absentee ballots and

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their candidate might no longer

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be in the race.

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What about Elections Commission

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guidance to clerks

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being so close

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to the Aug. 11 primary?

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That is another issue

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that the plaintiffs challenging

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this change are arguing

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and pointing to, is that

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voters who return their ballots

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before that guidance thought

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that they could potentially

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then change their ballots

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after the fact

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if something developed

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in the campaigns.

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At least one voter in the case

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is saying that he would have

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held off on submitting

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his absentee ballot

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had he known that

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he couldn't change it at

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a later date.