👇🎯 This is the reason WI elections go late into the night, often with a large batch of Milwaukee votes coming in late. The only reason the Fidesz-on-Mendota Party has refused to change this 1915 law is because it serves their lying narrative about (nonexistent) mass voter fraud in Madison/Milwaukee.
Does Wisconsin state law prohibit counting absentee ballots before Election Day?
Yes. In 1915, a state law was passed in Wisconsin stipulating that absentee ballots “must be opened only at the polls on election day while said polls are open.” While there have been m…
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Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 6h agoAn important reminder: In Wisconsin, unlike many states, election officials are barred from starting to process mail before Election Day. Why? The GOP has refused to change the law to allow this, despite election officials long asking. (And then Republicans use that to baselessly suggest fraud.)
