Wisconsin voters who have already returned their absentee ballots could void those and request a new one under a lawsuit filed Thursday by three people supported by the state’s Democratic Party. The Party is going through a chaotic primary for governor.
Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez dropped out last week, and the next day, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley reentered the race he dropped out of last month. Missy Hughes dropped out in June. All three are on the ballot
Nearly 91,000 people have already returned their absentee ballots, according to the elections commission. As it stands now, any voter who cast their absentee ballot for Rodriguez or Hughes could not request a new ballot to vote for someone still in the race.
A complaint was filed claiming all those voters will be disenfranchised.
It’s Called Spoiling of Ballots for a Reason
The rarely used practice, known as ballot spoiling, allows an absentee voter who has already submitted their ballot to request a new one and cancel the previously cast one. It was the subject of a 2022 lawsuit brought by a Republican group, where a Waukesha County judge agreed the elections commission must rescind its guidance allowing for spoiling of ballots. The commission and the State Department, which would support them, have not commented.
However, a state appeals court put that on hold just weeks before the midterm election that fall.
Then in February, a state appeals court repealed the ruling.
Despite that ruling, the elections commission voted 4-2 to prohibit voters who have already turned in their absentee ballot from getting a new one.
Opinionated News
A whopping 91,000 people for absentee ballots, with many more outstanding mail-in ballots, out of about 3.7 million registered voters, is way too many. Most of them were just too lazy to vote in person. Mail-in balloting is out of control, and they now want to change the rules for an entire state.
They need to get their act together.
Mail-in balloting should be limited to people who are ill, handicapped, away on business, or in the military. This next case is in Texas, but it’s indicative of the risks from mail-in balloting. Zul here can’t win, but it shows the bald-faced gall of ballot fraudsters. Mail-in balloting makes it easier for them.
Meet Zul Mohamed. He pleaded guily to 106 felony voter fraud charges for forging mail-in ballot applications.
He’s now running for mayor in Carrollton, Texas and wants to be in charge of passing laws.
CRAZY AS HELL pic.twitter.com/tAflnE627C
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 10, 2026
