Voters there missed the fine print and the elections staff was overwhelmed.



 




A national forewarning: Wisconsin's high absentee volume and ballot errors
by Tom Scheck, Geoff Hing and Dee J. Hall

For months, President Trump has alleged without evidence that any expansion of mail-in voting in the 2020 election will lead to "tremendous" fraud and a "rigged" election.

But an APM Reports analysis of voter data from Wisconsin's April primary shows a far more measurable and consequential effect of mail-in voting — rejected ballots. Slightly more than 23,000 ballots were thrown out, mostly because those voters or their witnesses missed at least one line on a form.

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