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Madison, former city clerk ask court to dismiss uncounted ballot lawsuit
Published 3 months, 1 week ago
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A handful of voters are seeking monetary damages in a lawsuit against the city of Madison and its former clerk, after the Clerk’s Office failed to count nearly 200 absentee ballots in the 2024 presidential election.
But attorneys for the city and former clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl argue that they can’t be sued for last fall’s errors, in a recent pair of filings that ask the court to dismiss the case. They point to an oft-cited Wisconsin law that says absentee voting is a privilege – not a constitutional right.
WORT News Producer Faye Parks sat down with Alex Shur, a Wisconsin reporter for Votebeat, to find out why experts in election law are sounding the alarm.
Image courtesy: Chali Pittman / WORT News.