From Barbara Meyer

Town of Wiota

To the Editor:

The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently ruled that absentee ballot drop boxes may only be located in election offices, and no one other than the voter can return a ballot in person.

Does this mean that a voter will need proof of being the person whose name is on the ballot envelope?

Does it also mean that someone will need to be monitoring the drop box, thus requiring an extra person in the office, assuming other workers are busy with another task? Conceivably, a disabled

or otherwise confined voter might receive an absentee ballot too late to vote and get it into the mail in time to be counted, and yet be unable to deposit the ballot in the drop box in person. So that person would essentially be disenfranchised, unless the elections clerk is willing to drive, perhaps many miles, to that person’s home to witness and accept the ballot.

It is all so senseless. Not a single investigation anywhere has discovered significant voter fraud. Voting and having our vote count is one of the most important and cherished attributes of living in a democracy. Wisconsin legislators and courts need to encourage, not discourage voting. We need to let our state representatives know we expect that of them. Also, remember it as you make your voting selections.