Dane Co. Judge Won’t Put Disabled Voters Ballot Ruling on Hold

DANE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — A judge is not stopping the push to email ballots to disabled voters this year.

Dane County Judge Everett Mitchell on Thursday refused to put his ruling allowing disabled people in the state to be emailed ballots on hold.

Mitchell says doing so would inflict significant harm on both the disability rights advocates and the public interest.

It will now be up to the state appeals court to decide whether to pause the ruling that opens up a new way for an unknown number of disabled voters to cast their ballots in swing state Wisconsin before the November 5 election.