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Absentee Ballot Change in Appeals Court Ruling

Frederica Freyberg:

In this news on election returns, a federal appeals court late this week ruled that absentee ballots must be delivered to Wisconsin election clerks by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day to be counted. The court put on hold an earlier ruling that extended the deadline by six days. The Wisconsin Elections Commission says election clerks are by now used to last-minute changes.

Meagan Wolfe:

We’re a well-oiled machine when it comes to making sure we have to get information out to our local election officials. It’s, again, something we have had a lot of practice in and are able to pull together that group of people.