{"id":13480,"date":"2024-10-17T18:03:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T18:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=13480"},"modified":"2024-10-17T20:05:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T20:05:39","slug":"wisconsin-has-78-ballot-drop-boxes-in-use-compared-to-500-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=13480","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Has 78 Ballot Drop Boxes in Use Compared to 500 in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Jon Styf<\/h5>\n

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Wisconsin has 78 drop boxes currently in use throughout the state as opposed to 500 in the 2020 presidential election, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission.<\/p>\n

Those are the communities that have registered the drop boxes with the state, according to Wisconsin Administrator of Wisconsin Elections Commission Meagan Wolfe.<\/p>\n

That drop box total includes 14 in the city of Milwaukee, 14 in Madison and seven in Racine with a full list available on the\u00a0state\u2019s election site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Drop boxes have become a hot topic in the state after this election cycle with following a Wisconsin state Supreme Court ruling allowing their use but not requiring it.<\/p>\n

Previously, the\u00a0court had blocked<\/a>\u00a0the use of ballot drop boxes after the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n

\u201cVoters have a lot of choices to make and I think that we have a lot of really great, secure options here in the state of Wisconsin,\u201d Administrator of Wisconsin Elections Commission Meagan Wolfe said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Wednesday was the final day to register to vote by mail or online but\u00a0voters can still register<\/a>\u00a0at a municipal clerk\u2019s office until 5 p.m. on Nov. 1 or register at a polling place on election day, Nov. 5.<\/p>\n

As of Wednesday, Wisconsin has had 267,524 absentee ballots returned of the 564,095 that have been mailed out and 573,750 that have been requested.<\/p>\n

That compares to the same point in 2020, when 700,000 had been returned and 1.3 million had been requested. Ultimately, 2 million voters voted with absentee ballots in 2020 in the state during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Starting on Oct. 22, voters can cast an in-person absentee ballot at clerk\u2019s offices in municipalities.<\/p>\n

The largest number of returned ballots have come in Dane County with 39,495 of the 80,853 ballots being returned while Milwaukee has seen 38,020 of the 88,118 requested ballots returned.<\/p>\n

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Jon Styf is an award-winning editor and reporter of The Center Square<\/a> who has worked in Illinois, Texas, Wisconsin, Florida and Michigan in local newsrooms over the past 20 years, working for Shaw Media, Hearst and several other companies.
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