A judge says voters in Wisconsin don’t get a do-over once they’ve turned their ballot in.
A judge in Waukesha yesterday overruled the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s guidance that people can vote a second time if they change their mind. Wisconsin law allows voters to ‘spoil’ their ballots and get a second ballot, but the judge says that law applies before voters turn their ballots in. Once that happens, the judge ruled, those votes are final. The issue became a problem in August when a number of Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate dropped out of the race but still appeared on the ballot.
