2 Waukesha County communities vote to ban ballot drop boxes

[RandySF]

Two Waukesha County municipalities have decided to prevent residents from using absentee ballot drop boxes in the upcoming presidential election. The decision comes after the Wisconsin Supreme Court last month reversed a near-total ban of the use of absentee ballot drop boxes in the state.

The Brookfield Common Council last week voted against allowing residents to use the city’s utility payment drop box outside of City Hall for absentee ballots. Last month, New Berlin took a similar step.

Brookfield Alder Mike Hallquist, who voted against the ban, said the decision from the council was a disappointment.

“Essentially what we did as a community is we rolled back a voting method that makes voting more accessible in our community, that we previously had without issue,” Hallquist said.





https://www.wpr.org/news/waukesha-county-brookfield-new-berlin-vote-ban-ballot-drop-boxes

[magicarpet]

1. Making it harder to vote one vote at a time.

GOPee

[Klarkashton]

2. This is a direct result of trump and D'Souza

Flinging bogus shit claims about voter fraud because Trump wouldn't just fucking admit he lost the election. Case closed.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

3. I got arrested in Brookfield by a hippy hating cop.

That was about 1971. They hated hippies then, and they hate liberals now. The cop who arrested me eventually got fired for planting dope on a kid.

Nothing about Brookfield would surprise me.

[riversedge]

4. Brookfield Alder Sara Monty has worked elections in the past. She voted against the ban as she said the city should be m

Brookfield Alder Sara Monty has worked elections in the past. She voted against the ban as she said the city should be making it easier for more people to vote.

“It is so disheartening and so against everything we should be standing for,” Monty said.