Battle Over #Ballot Drop Boxes Rages On in #Wisconsin as Officials Put Them at Center of #Election Integrity Debate
—
Ballot drop boxes have morphed into vessels for emotion, suspicion and conspiracy theories. In Wisconsin, their mere presence has inspired community leaders to reject them or call on people to watch them 24/7. A mayor even hijacked one.
#News #Vote #Election2024 #Law #DougDiny #Government #Politics
https://www.propublica.org/article/ballot-drop-boxes-wisconsin-election-conspiracies-voting
After court rulings that first outlawed the boxes and then made them legal again, conspiracy theories continue to stir opposition that will result in heightened surveillance at sites this election. The hijacking of one box reflects the controversy.
Fuck Wausau, Wisconsin mayor, Doug Diny (R), who thinks he can just remove ballot drop boxes.
#Wisconsin #DougDiny #FBI #DOJ #GOPTraitor #ElectionInterference
#DougDiny was elected as mayor of #Wausau, #Wisconsin in April, defeating an incumbent, Katie Rosenberg. The mayoral race was officially nonpartisan, but Diny was endorsed by the WI #Republican Party & Rosenberg by the WI #Democratic Party.
[yet another lesson in #VoteBlueNoMatterWho folks]
Bernarde said she reported #DougDiny’s removal of the box to the DA of Marathon County & the #Wisconsin Elections Commission, referring to a portion of state #law that obligates municipal clerks to report suspected #election #fraud, #irregularities or #violations.
While the investigation is ongoing, she said, the #DropBox will not be available, but voters can deposit #ballots in a box outside #Wausau City Hall that is normally used to collect payments.
#DougDiny said…Wed that he had a “philosophical difference of opinion” w/the city clerk, Kaitlyn Bernarde, over whether it should have been up to her or the City Council to decide whether to install a drop box in #Wausau, a city of about 40k people in #Wisconsin. The state Supreme Court ruling & subsequent guidance from the WI Elections Commission established that this authority rests w/the clerk [& is not in any way subject to some idiot’s *philosophical opinion *].
Wausau Pilot & Review
ProPublica
Noah
Democracy Matters 
Nonilex