Judge rules Wisconsin voters can't recast ballots after governor race shake-up

MAP Verified Summary — reported by The Hill Politics

A Dane County Circuit Judge ruled Wednesday that Wisconsin voters cannot request new ballots for the Democratic primary in the governor’s race following a string of candidates dropping out or reentering the race in the closing weeks. Judge David Conway’s ruling ended a lawsuit by the state’s Democratic Party against the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) to allow absentee voters to submit new ballots because of the changing list of candidates.

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