A post shared on Facebook claims that if your absentee ballot has creases or creases, it can be invalidated in Wisconsin.
Verdict: False
Local officials say the wrinkled ballots will not affect vote counting in that particular jurisdiction.
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A post circulating on Facebook claims that ballots are “not supposed” to have creases or creases. This seems to suggest that if you submit a folded ballot, it may become invalid or unreadable by machines. The post’s caption reads, “Ballots should not have creases or creases in the candidate’s name area.” “My clerk also told me that paper ballots are also susceptible to this rule where the creases appear. My absentee came in with the names of three candidates marked with crease lines. I A clerk is driving to my house to hand in your new ballot. Please check if you are absent!”
However, this claim is false. Folded or wrinkled ballots will not be invalidated and will be counted like any other ballot. Furthermore, in Muskoda, the town where ballots are counted, there is no machine counting. They would tally the ballots by hand, but machines could tally folded ballots either way. (Related: Are Kentucky voters receiving ballots pre-marked for Kamala Harris?)
According to wisconsin election day According to the manual, ballots are only “redrawn” if there are excess votes during the primary voting, or if there are cross-votes on the ballot. According to the manual, “damaged” ballots are “ballots on which a voter has circled their name on the ballot rather than with an arrow or oval, and ballots that have been torn out by postal equipment.” There is no guidance in the manual for creased ballots.
by email to lead storyLocal authorities confirmed that the name fold will not affect vote counting. If a voter defaces the ballot paper, something new by returning the defective one to the local official.
