Absentee Ballots Dispatched to Wisconsin Voters Amid Supreme Court Review of President Trump's Restrictions
Absentee ballots are currently being sent to Wisconsin voters, with nearly 50,000 ballots already dispatched as of Monday, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. This distribution is proceeding despite President Trump's ongoing efforts to restrict mail-in voting through an executive order, which is currently under review by the U.S. Supreme Court. President Trump had previously asked the Supreme Court to intervene, and the high court had cleared a path for his order, which would mandate states to provide voter data for absentee requests and grant the U.S. Postal Service authority to withhold ballots from certain voters. However, a lower federal court has twice blocked the Postal Service's rule for implementing this order, which would give the Postal Service control over who is eligible to vote absentee. The Wisconsin Elections Commission has advised clerks that the federal rule is not in effect, allowing them to continue sending out ballots under standard procedures. The city of Madison, for inst...
