Milwaukee to Continue Ballot Drop Boxes Despite Court Ruling
Election managers in Madison, however, are not looking to use ballot drop boxes.
Wisconsin’s two largest cities are taking two different approaches to ballot drop boxes for the spring elections.
Milwaukee’s Elections Commission on Tuesday announced it will continue to use drop boxes, despite a ban endorsed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Milwaukee Election Commission Director Claire Woodall-Vogg told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that adding election workers at the Milwaukee drop boxes should be enough to work around the court’s ban.
"Our belief is that we are in full compliance under the order,” she told the paper.
A Waukesha County judge ruled in January that Wisconsin election law allows voters just two ways to vote, in-person or through the mail.
The judge said the ballot drop boxes, while locked, were not under 24-hour surveillance.
Woodall-Vogg said Milwaukee also plans to use drive-up voting locations to make it easier for people to vote.
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