It won’t happen for this year’s elections, but a pair of Republican lawmakers want to add cameras and cops to ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin.
State Rep. Scott Krug and state Senator Dan Knodl have introduced legislation that would require cities or counties that use ballot drop boxes to have them under 24/7 video surveillance. Their plan would also require police officers or deputies be on hand when the ballots are collected. Krug says ballot drop boxes need some level of security if people are going to trust them. Krug says he wants to get the legislation moving as quickly as possible, but it’s unlikely Governor Evers would sign anything before November.
