MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — The Wisconsin League of Women Voters wants the state to create a uniform system on how to correct absentee ballots.
The League filed a lawsuit in Dane County against the Wisconsin Elections Commission over the way the Commission allows local clerks to use their discretion in “curing” faulty ballots. The League argues that giving local clerks the choice on how to deal with ballots removes due process from voters who may not get timely information that their ballot is not being counted, or why.
Right now, WEC allows clerks to notify voters to come fix their ballot, to mail the ballots back, or simply reject the ballot without telling the voter.
Republicans in the state Assembly passed a bill this session that would have included rules on curing ballots among other changes, but the bill never made it to the floor of the Senate.