Dithering Wisconsin GOP continues to block election reform

 

Headline:  Wisconsin Public Radio, 11/6/2025

Rich Kremer reports:

Despite past bipartisan backing, a Republican state lawmaker says he has to “punt” an initiative to let election clerks process absentee ballots before election day because it doesn’t have enough GOP support. 

In September, Republicans and Democrats in the state Assembly stood side-by-side and unveiled a series of bills to update Wisconsin’s election laws. One of those initiatives is known as early processing or Monday processing. Requested by clerks, it would let them process absentee ballots the day before an election so that results can be released sooner once the polls close. 

The Monday process concept has been unable to clear the Legislature for several years. It was last introduced in 2023.

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