Dane County Judge Rules Absentee Ballots Must Be Complete to be Counted
Another judge has ruled that absentee ballots must be properly – and completely – filled-out in order to be counted on Election Day in Wisconsin.
Dane County Judge Nia Trammell on Wednesday refused to issue a temporary restraining order that would have stopped local election clerks from rejecting incomplete absentee ballots.
"I believe that to issue a temporary injunction would upend the status quo, not preserve it," said Trammell. "I also believe that the fact that the election is all but two weeks away lends some credence to the argument raised by [the Wisconsin Election Commission] and the Legislature that any decision issued by the court granting the temporary injunction would frustrate the electoral process by causing confusion."
The issue continues to be absentee ballot witness addresses.
The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin wanted a judge to give clerks some wiggle room on those addresses.
State law is clear that voters and their witnesses must p