Court orders Kenosha to follow Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling banning absentee ballot drop boxes
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(Worthy News) – The Kenosha County Circuit Court ordered that the city of Kenosha, Wis., stop using unmanned absentee ballot drop boxes following the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision that the boxes are illegal.
The Thomas More Society filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Wisconsin Voter Alliance in May, arguing “that the city’s policy concerning the use of absentee ballot drop boxes violated state law.”
In June, Kenosha filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, but the Wisconsin Supreme Court in July ruled that the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s “authorization of ballot drop boxes was unlawful” since “[o]nly the legislature may permit absentee voting via ballot drop boxes.” [ Source: Just the News (Read More…) ]
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