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Wisconsin has a new bill to allow early start to absentee ballot processing. Can it pass?
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Wisconsin Watch
Monday processing proposals have stalled in the pastMost states allow some early processing of absentee ballots, but in Wisconsin, local clerks in Wisconsin cannot begin until the morning of Election Day.
It also includes a provision that would standardize witness address requirements on absentee ballot envelopes.
Ballot drop boxes may prove to be a key bargaining chip.
Krug said he helped work on a poll in April that found 76% of Wisconsinites support the Monday processing proposal and 80% support standardized rules for absentee ballot drop boxes.
So “we had to kind of beef up the requirements for drop boxes to meet their hurdle.
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