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Election clerks receive new guidance on absentee voting

By Marisa Wojcik, Zac Schultz | Here & Now

September 9, 2022

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A Waukesha County judge ruled local clerks cannot add missing address information to absentee ballot envelopes, and the Wisconsin Elections Commission issued guidance on support for disabled voters.

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