GOP bill to ban ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin spurs intraparty debate
A Republican bill that would ban absentee ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin spurred debate among GOP lawmakers Tuesday about whether the proposal is based in reality.
The discussion highlighted a potential rift in the party between those who think the GOP should pass election bills that could become law in Wisconsin and those who want Republicans to closely adhere to the wishes of President Donald Trump.
During a Tuesday hearing before the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections, state Rep. Lindee Brill, R-Sheboygan Falls, said her legislation “might be one of the shortest bills of the session.” With just one line, it states “no municipality may employ a drop box” for collecting absentee ballots.
Since 2020, drop boxes have become a flashpoint in states like Wisconsin because Trump and others have claimed, without confirmed evidence, that they’re a source of widespread election fraud.
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