Several Republican-authored laws restricting early voting in Wisconsin remain struck down after a federal appeals court declined a request to reinstate them Monday.
The brief order by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago increases the likelihood that Madison, Milwaukee and other communities will be allowed to start in-person absentee voting sooner rather than later. Madison’s City Clerk has said she plans to offer in-person absentee voting starting Monday, Sept. 26, which would be earlier than ever before.
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: “The attorney general is reviewing Monday’s decision, said Johnny Koremenos, a spokesman for Schimel.” That shouldn’t take too long as it is one sentence long.