Liberal justices who control the Wisconsin Supreme Court showed signs Monday of being willing to overturn a ruling that all but eliminated the use of absentee ballot drop boxes in the swing state.
At issue is whether the court should overturn its July 2022 ruling that said nothing in state law allowed for absentee drop boxes to be placed anywhere other than in election clerk offices. Conservative justices controlled the court then, but the court flipped to 4-3 liberal control last year, setting the stage to possibly overturn the ruling. 'What if we just got it wrong?' liberal Justice Jill Karofsky said of the earlier absentee ballot ruling during arguments.
The current law is unworkable because it's not explicitly clear where ballots can be returned, said David Fox, attorney for the groups that brought the challenge.But conservative justices questioned the need to revisit their earlier ruling that determined the law does not allow for drop boxes.'You are asking this court to be a super Legislature' and give 'free rein to municipal clerks to conduct elections however they see fit,' conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley said.
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