Wisconsin ballot spoiling is a no-go after court upholds ban

Wisconsin ballot spoiling is a no-go after court upholds ban

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin appeals court is refusing to block a lower court’s ruling prohibiting voters who already submitted an absentee ballot from voiding it and voting again, a rarely used practice known as ballot spoiling.

The 2nd District Court of Appeals decided Thursday against hearing an appeal of a Waukesha County circuit court judge’s ruling this month in favor of a conservative group founded by prominent Republicans.

That ruling required the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission to rescind its guidance that allowed the spoiling of ballots that had already been cast. Voters who obtained an absentee ballot, but have not yet voted and want to obtain a new one, can still do that.

The elections commission held an emergency meeting Friday, less than two weeks before the Nov. 8 election, and unanimously voted to rescind the guidance issued in August detailing how an already cast ballot could be spoiled.

Very few voters have actually spoiled their absentee ballots after voting in recent elections, data provided by the elections commission to The Associated Press shows.

In the August primary, just 3,519 people cast a new ballot after spoiling their original one, less than 0.3% of all votes cast, the data shows.

In the 2020 presidential election, nearly 33,000 voters spoiled their ballots and cast new ones, nearly 1% of all votes. In that election, President Joe Biden defeated former President Donald Trump by 20,682 votes.

In the 2018 midterm election, 369 ballots were spoiled and recast, just .01% of all ballots.

There's no way to know how many of the spoiled ballots were from Democrats or Republicans since voters in Wisconsin do not register by party.

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Thats 2 wins for WI citizens.

This is the other win - ATS - BREAKING: WI Judge Delivers Massive Ruling on Mail-In Ballots Days Before Midterms

If a mail in ballot is not filled out correctly or completely, the vote cannot count. The same crap is occurring in PA, where Scotus had to get involved and tossed the 3rd appeals circuit ruling, reverting PA law back to its origional intent - If a mail in ballot / envelopes are missing info then the vote does not count.

Should be a no-brainer, but in this upside down clown world we are feeling thrilled.

a reply to: ancientlight

I bet 50% of Fetterman voters in PA would like to change their vote.

a reply to: carewemust

I just saw a comment in another thread that google saw a massive increase in searches from PA asking how do I change my vote on the heals of the disastrous debate.