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Ballot drop boxes ruling, UW System President candidates

By Will Kenneally, Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

January 14, 2022

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A Waukesha County judge ruled absentee ballot drop boxes are unlawful under Wisconsin law. The search committee for a new University of Wisconsin System president named two finalists: Jay Rothman, chairman and CEO of Foley & Lardner law firm, and James Schmidt, chancellor of UW-Eau Claire.

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