The uncertainty has forced the Wisconsin Elections Commission to plan for multiple regulations even as it sends out 2.7 million pieces of mail to voters with election information.
The legal maneuvering has proved difficult for some Wisconsin voters to track.
“I try to follow, but it’s hard to keep up,” said Paula Bullis, 50, from Washington, Wis., who has already mailed in her ballot but remains concerned about what will happen in November.
“I’m worried about the worst,” she said, “but I’m hopeful that the process and constitutional laws and the powers that be make it run smoothly.”
In Pennsylvania, Democrats and Republicans fought to a standstill in the General Assembly over elements of the rules for mail voting. The Republicans, who control both houses of the legislature, wanted to ban the use of drop boxes for completed ballots, in return for allowing election officials to begin processing absentee ballots before Election Day. (Democrats wanted to start 21 days before Election Day, and Republicans countered with three.)
But Republicans also knew Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, would veto any bill they passed without Democratic support. And Democrats turned to the courts.
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“We have a parallel path,” said Jay Costa, the Democratic leader in the Pennsylvania State Senate. “We have a series of court cases.”
This week, the Democrats notched a significant victory in the State Supreme Court, which extended the deadline for when ballots must be received by election officials and paved the way for more drop boxes to be installed.
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