Wisconsin Election Commission Approves Mailing Absentee Ballot Applications to Registered Voters
Thursday, May 28th, 2020 -- 9:03 AM
(AP) -The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted Wednesday to mail absentee ballot applications to most voters in the battleground state ahead of November’s presidential election.The vote came just a week after the panel split 3-3 along partisan lines on whether to mail the forms to nearly all registered voters, even if they hadn’t requested one. Democrats favored the broad mailing, while Republicans were opposed. Though the panel reached unanimous agreement Wednesday on the mailing to some 2.7 million registered voters, there’s a potential hangup. The partisans must reach agreement on the wording of the mailing, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
Democrats want the commission staff to word the letter, arguing that the divided commission might deadlock on the phrasing. Republicans said the commission members could work out differences in wording. Republican Commissioner Bob Spindell accused Democrats on the commission of being afraid to tell recipients of other ways to vote than by absentee.
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