Judge: Not Counting Military Ballots Could “Disenfranchise” Military Voters
A judge will not delay counting military ballots in Wisconsin.
A Waukesha County judge on Monday refused to sequester military ballots until they can be verified.
I felt that that was a drastic remedy, that I felt that it was at least at a minimum a temporary disenfranchisement of our military voters’ votes to say, 'let’s put them on hold and let’s figure out after the fact whether or not there’s bad votes cast,'” Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Maxwell said in his ruling from the bench.
State Rep. Janel Brandtjen, R-Menomonee Falls, asked the judge to intervene after she got three fake military ballots in the mail last week. She said she wanted to make sure that only military members were casting military ballots.
Wisconsin law allows military members to request a ballot online without having to register first or show any kind of voter ID.
The Thomas More Society joined the case as well, asking the judge for a temporary restraining order.
The judge’s decision