Voters will use ballot drop boxes again this fall in Wisconsin, among a few battleground states that could decide the Nov. 5 presidential election, prompting concern among election integrity advocates.
The dissenting opinion in the state Supreme Court ruling reinstating the drop boxes argued that insufficient standards could allow “unattended cardboard box” or an “unsecured sack” to be used as a ballot box.
However, others are hopeful that concerned citizens will prevent that.
“Knowing that they are being watched by concerned citizens helps prevent cardboard boxes from being used,” Annette Olson, CEO of the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy, a conservative think tank, told The Daily Signal.
Olson is also coordinator of the Wisconsin Election Integrity Coalition, which has tried to work with local election officials.
In July, the 4-3…
