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Stories tagged: "drop boxes"


Politics An absentee ballot drop box outside Racine City Hall. (Photo courtesy of Matt Sadowski)
Politics GOP Plan to Ditch Drop Boxes Targets Big Cities, but Voters All Over Wisconsin Would Face Hurdles

Despite no prior complaints, Republicans react to Trump’s loss with more efforts to restrict voting.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson March 9, 2021 12:47 pm CST
Politics (Illustration by Morgaine Ford-Workman)
Politics Helping Wisconsin Voters Would Be Harder—or Even a Criminal Act—in Some Republican Proposals

GOP bills—sure to face vetoes—are based on false allegations about recent elections.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski March 8, 2021 11:18 am CST
Elections Drop boxes are designed to provide voters an alternative spot to deliver their absentee ballot, as opposed to traditional mail service. (Photo by Ethan Duran)
Elections Some Wisconsinites Are Using the Wrong Ballot Drop Boxes. Here’s How to Avoid That Mistake.

Local clerks usually cover the time and expense of mailing ballots to a voter’s actual hometown, but don’t take that courtesy for granted.

Doug Mell Doug Mell October 21, 2020 12:59 pm CDT
Elections Drop boxes are designed to provide voters an alternative spot to deliver their absentee ballot, as opposed to traditional mail service. (Photo by Ethan Duran)
Elections Drop Boxes for Absentee Ballots Popping Up Across the State

Ballots placed in the boxes emptied daily.

Ethan Duran Ethan Duran September 15, 2020 12:19 pm CDT

continuing coverage

A nurse fills a syringe with a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson-owned Janssen Pharmaceuticals. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) Coronavirus Don’t Be Alarmed By Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause, Wisconsin Health Officials Say
An archival image of the Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes in Waushara County, which have experienced a reduction in water levels due to groundwater withdrawals for irrigated agriculture. (Photo credit: Wisconsin DNR) Natural Resources Clean Water at Stake as WI Supreme Court Hears Appeals to Take GOP Restrictions Off the DNR
Left: A sewer line under construction along St. Paul Avenue in Milwaukee in 1920. Right: Victor Berger, co-founder of the Socialist Party of America, editor of the Milwaukee Leader, and the first Socialist elected to Congress. Lower: Construction of a Milwaukee sewer line in 1932. (Photos courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman.) Infrastructure Infrastructure Is Good Politics—Just Ask Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists of 1904
The state Capitol in Madison is reflected off the windows of an office building across the street. (Photo by Julian Emerson) Politics Not Allowed: Nonpartisan Analysis Finds a Flaw in GOP Plans for Wisconsin Stimulus Money
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