Wisconsin appeals court reverses ban on absentee ballot spoiling

WAUKESHA, Wis. (CN) — The Wisconsin Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling Wednesday permanently banning voters from canceling an absentee ballot they have already returned so they can cast a new ballot, known as ballot spoiling.

The ban was handed down in 2023 by U.S. Attorney Brad Schimel, who at the time was a Waukesha County Circuit Court judge presiding over a lawsuit brought on behalf of Waukesha County voter Nancy Kormanik.

The conservative voting rights group claimed in the suit that the Wisconsin Elections Commission unlawfully advised municipal clerks and the public that ballot spoiling was permitted.

The Democratic National Committee and Rise, a liberal advocacy group focused on voting, intervened on behalf of the commission and appealed the ban, citing threshold procedural issues.


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