Democracy defenders in Wisconsin celebrated on Friday after the state Supreme Court ruled that absentee ballot drop boxes can be located throughout communities for the November elections, reversing a decision from two years ago, when there was a majority of right-wing justices. 'Wisconsin voters won big today with the decision to reinstate drop boxes across the Badger State,' said All Voting is Local Wisconsin state director Sam Liebert in a statement.
The expanded number of drop boxes, authorized by the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission , offered voters a more convenient and safe way to ensure that their absentee ballots could be returned in time to be counted, in part because of the uncertainty of timely delivery of ballots by the U.S. Postal Service.'Justice Ann Walsh Bradley wrote in the majority opinion that 'our decision today does not force or require that any municipal clerks use drop boxes.