23,000 absentee ballots were rejected in Wisconsin's April primaries.
"If voting patterns from April hold true, the state could see more than 1.8 million requests for absentee ballots by mail [in November]. This kind of volume would present terrific challenges for Wisconsin election officials at all levels," the commission wrote.
Residents wait in long line to vote in a presidential primary election outside the Riverside High School in Milwaukee, April 7, 2020.There are challenges that come with increased mail-in voting. Election fraud is not one of them The president has not offered any evidence to back up the accusations, and there's no data to bear out fraud claims linked to mail absentee ballots in Wisconsin, either.about the potential for a blunted GOP voter turnout this year if they choose not to trust the mail. If Wisconsin sees a surge of COVID-19 cases or voters feel unsafe on Election Day, they might not head to the polls and will have already missed their chance to vote absentee.
"The big problem in April was people requesting absentee ballots, right up against the deadline and then not getting them in time to be able to return them," he said.investigation “We want citizens to choose the option for voting that works best for them. For voters who choose to vote absentee by mail, we want to be sure they have the information they need to navigate that process,” Wolfe, the elections administrator, said in a statement. “Of course, every voter who is eligible to vote in the state can also vote early or in person on election day.”
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