Ballot Drop Boxes Allowed in Wisconsin After Court Reversal (2)

Absentee voters in Wisconsin can return their ballots to drop boxes, the state’s high court ruled in a case that pitted Gov. Tony Evers (D) and a voting outreach group against the state legislature’s Republican majority.

The liberal majority Wisconsin Supreme Court Friday overruled its own 2022 decision—handed down from the then-conservative leaning court—that prohibited municipal clerks from setting up secure drop boxes for the return of absentee ballots.

The decision comes as Wisconsin voters prepare for a potentially tight presidential race in November: President Joe Biden narrowly won its 10 electoral votes by less than 1 percentage point in ...