Rep. Timothy Ramthun (R-Campbellsport) is renewing his legislative effort to “reclaim Wisconsin’s 10 electoral ballots” submitted to the Electoral College in December 2020. At a Capitol press conference on July 12, Ramthun said the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s July 8 decision prohibiting the use of absentee ballot drop boxes applies to past elections as well.
“The use of drop boxes [is] illegal today and going forward. But they were also illegal in 2020,” Ramthun said. “Everywhere I go in the state, I hear constantly the people's desire and need for closure on this issue. It will not go away until something is tangibly done.”
Ramthun, a Republican candidate for governor, has made false claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election a centerpiece of his campaign. He said the court’s decision is reason enough to declare hundreds of thousands of votes “null and void” even though voters and local election clerks were explicitly told by the Wisconsin Elections Commission that drop boxes were legal in 2020.
“If you want to say that it's okay to condone doing something wrong and illegal, just because,” Ramthun said before pausing, “Where's the line there? We've got to follow the rule of law.”
The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) filed the case that prompted the ban on drop boxes. WILL president Rick Esenberg says the line Ramthun seeks doesn’t extend backwards in time.
“First, it is simply too late,” Esenberg writes in an email. “There is no mechanism for challenging...
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