is our friend here the sooner you act the sooner you make a decision the better said magney who attributed some of the ballot rejections to voters who didnt send their ballots back on time to be counted the big problem in april was people requesting absentee ballots right up against the deadline and then not getting them in time to be able to return them he said another major problem was voters filling out their ballot incorrectly according to an investigation by wisconsin watch and apm reports more than 13000 votes were rejected in wisconsins april primaries because of an oftenmissed requirement for voters to have a witness sign the ballot envelope with both a name and address come november wisconsin voters can help check any mistakes if they follow up with their local clerks office once their ballot is delivered ballots will be given intelligent barcodes that let clerks and voters track them through the mail voters can also drop their ballots off at polling places or vote early inperson at a clerks office which would allow the clerk to catch any mistakes in the moment and have them fixed we want citizens to choose the option for voting that works best for them for voters who choose to vote absentee by mail we want to be sure they have the information they need to navigate that process wolfe the elections administrator said in a statement of course every voter who is eligible to vote in the state can also vote early or in person on election day more wisconsin mayors seek to scrap inperson voting in lastditch effort some experts including wagner suggest the former inperson early voting as the best route for avoiding ballot errors or postal service delays while also minimizing potential time spent inside a polling location inperson early absentee is i would say the safest for health and democracy wagner said but its also extraordinarily burdensome for voters he warned the early voting period can be different depending on where wisconsin voters live that period could begin as early as oct 20 and end as late as nov 1 but voters have to check with their individual clerks offices because it varies a woman casts her ballot in a democratic presidential primary election at the hamilton high school in milwaukee april 7 2020 kamil krzaczynskiafp via getty images early voting also requires transportation which can be a barrier for lowincome voters because of that wagner said access to early voting in the state tends to be divided along racial and socioeconomic lines in research weve done we found that its white welleducated voters who are more likely to do this kind of thing whereas black and hispanic voters in wisconsin tend to face more barriers to being able to vote wagner said the wisconsin elections commission for its part has begun a voter information campaign that aims to explain each voting option to all registered voters including a mailer that will