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A new lawsuit in Wisconsin is demanding a critical change to absentee ballot rules: voters whose mail-in ballots don’t arrive by Election Day should be allowed to cast a provisional ballot at the polls. This push comes after hundreds of valid ballots were disqualified in recent elections — including thousands from Milwaukee and Fond du Lac — due to postal delays. The case, backed by Law Forward and the League of Women Voters, argues that voters who mail ballots on time shouldn’t lose their voice if the mail fails them. Wisconsin currently offers no backup option, but provisional ballots — only counted if the original doesn’t arrive — could serve as a vital safety net. This isn’t the first warning: state officials and senators have already flagged postal delays as a threat to voter access, echoing nationwide concerns — like California’s 150,000 rejected ballots in a recent primary. The lawsuit seeks to ensure that timely voters aren’t disenfranchised by the postal system’s timing.

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