Wisconsin Gov. Urges State Supreme Court to Overturn Ruling on Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes

Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on the case in May.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks to supporters during an election night event at The Orpheum Theater in Madison, on Nov. 8, 2022. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images

Wisconsin’s Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, has asked the state’s Supreme Court to overturn its 2022 ruling limiting the use of drop boxes to receive absentee ballots in elections.

In a brief filed with the court on April 2—the day of Wisconsin’s presidential primary—Mr. Evers argued the 2022 decision by the state Supreme Court “imposed one-size-fits-all, judicially created constraints on these municipal clerks’ authority to administer elections in a manner that is both responsive to the needs of their unique communities and compliant with the law.”