A Wisconsin judge has refused to put on hold his ruling that will allow voters with “print disabilities” to receive electronic ballots in emails this November.
The Wisconsin Legislature asked the judge to not enforce his ruling while an appeal is pending. But Dane County Circuit Judge Everett Mitchell on Aug. 1 rejected the request.
At the center of the legal dispute is a state law barring voters from voting electronically. Voting right groups sued Wisconsin’s election authority in April, arguing that the law denies the constitutional right to a secret ballot for people with print disabilities, including blind and low-vision voters who can’t read or mark a paper ballot without the help of a third-party assistant….