The battle over absentee ballot drop boxes in the battleground Badger State rages on nearly three months after the liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court reversed a previous decision and ruled the ballot receptacles are legal.
From the left going absolutely apoplectic over a central Wisconsin mayor’s decision to cart away his city’s only drop box to small towns using utility bill drop boxes for ballot containers, there’s never a dull day in this critical swing state.
‘Nothing Nefarious Going on’
On Sunday, Wausau Mayor Doug Diny, as the Associated Press reported, “donned a hard hat and used a dolly” to remove the central Wisconsin city’s only absentee ballot box. Diny’s move may not have come as a surprise to anyone who has followed Wausau politics. The conservative this year ran his mayoral campaign in large part on his opposition to the drop boxes. He beat the far-left incumbent.
Wausau City Clerk Kaitlyn Bernarde had, according to reports, decided last week to place the drop box outside city hall without approval from the Wausau City Council. Bernarde, AP reported, told The Washington Post that she discovered on Monday that the drop box was missing and reported the matter to Theresa Wetzsteon, Marathon County’s Democrat district attorney. Wetzsteon told the Post on Wednesday that her office is now investigating.
Diny could not be reached for comment Wednesday evening, but he has told other news outlets that he doesn’t believe he’s done anything wrong.
“This is no different than the maintenance guy moving it
