The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a ruling on July 5 reinstating the use of unstaffed drop boxes ahead of the 2024 election.
The 4–3 decision reverses Wisconsin’s prohibition of unmanned drop boxes that took effect in 2022.
In 2022, state Supreme Court justices ruled that nothing in state law allowed for absentee drop boxes to be placed anywhere other than in election clerk offices.
In 2023, one new justice was elected and the new court reversed its earlier decision.
“What if we just got it wrong?” Justice Jill Karofsky said of the 2022 ruling during arguments in May. “What if we made a mistake? Are we now supposed to just perpetuate that mistake into the future?”
The court heard arguments three months before the Aug. 13 primary and six months ahead of the November presidential election.
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