Good things won’t come to those who wait until the last minute to drop their absentee ballot in the mail.
That’s because if your ballot isn’t in the hands of your county clerk by Election Night, it won’t be counted.
The Supreme Court ruling 5-3 Monday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Democrats and pro-voting-rights groups asking to extend the deadline to count ballots until 6 days after November 3rd.
“We’re now at the point where I would encourage people to return those ballots either to a drop box or to the municipal clerk’s office,” Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul tells WTMJ. “And of course voters can still vote early in-person or at the polls on Election Day.”
We are just one week from Election Day.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice says it’s ready to make sure all is well November 3rd.
“We are working with other agencies to prepare to make sure that if issues do arrive, they are addressed quickly,” says Kaul. “We want anybody who might attempt to interfere with that smooth process to know that there are criminal penalties for intimidating voters, for using force, or threatening to use force to prevent somebody from voting or to put somebody in a state of duress to prevent them from voting.”
For much more from the Attorney General on Wisconsin’s Morning News, click in the player above.