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Wisconsin Supreme Court Hears Ballot Drop Box Arguments

Frederica Freyberg:

Also this week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Commission regarding the use of absentee ballot drop boxes. Lawyers for the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty argued there is not an exception to having anyone other than the voter deliver their own absentee ballot either by way of the mailbox or to the clerk’s office.

Rick Esenberg:

In this instance, the legislature has decided that much like, much as you must go to the polls yourself, you cannot send any — you cannot take your son with you to, you know, help you fill out your ballot and deliver it to the clerk. You must do it yourself.

Frederica Freyberg:

But advocates from Disability Rights Wisconsin argue this discriminates against anyone unable to physically do so.

Barbara Beckert:

They may be unable to move their arm due to MS, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injury or other health conditions. They may not have arms, but they do have the constitutional right to vote.