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12  DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE v. WISCONSIN 
STATE LEGISLATURE 
KAVANAUGH, J., concurring 

the mail.  It can then take another seven days for your bal-
lot to be returned by mail.”  Wisconsin Elections Commis-
sion,  Wisconsin  Mails  Voting  Information  to  Registered 
Voters (Sept. 3, 2020), http://elections.wi.gov/node/7077.   
  Perhaps most importantly, in early September, Wiscon-
sin decided to leave little to chance and mailed every regis-
tered voter in the State who had not already requested an 
absentee ballot (2.6 million of Wisconsin’s registered voters) 
an absentee ballot application, as well as information about 
how to vote absentee.  Ibid. 
  Returning  an  absentee ballot  in  Wisconsin  is  also  easy.  
To begin with, voters can return their completed absentee 
ballots  by  mail.    But  absentee  voters  who  do  not  want  to 
rely on the mail have several other options.  Until election 
day, voters may, for example, hand-deliver their absentee 
ballots  to  the  municipal  clerk’s  office  or  other  designated 
site,  or  they  may  place  their  absentee  ballots  in  a  secure 
absentee ballot drop box.  Some absentee ballot drop boxes 
are located outdoors, either for drive-through or walk-up ac-
cess,  and  some  are  indoors  at  a  location  like  a  municipal 
clerk’s office.  Memorandum from M. Wolfe, Administrator 
of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al. to All Wiscon-
sin  Election  Officials  (Aug.  19,  2020)  (online  source  ar-
chived  at  www.supremecourt.gov).    The  Wisconsin  Elec-
tions Commission has made federal grant money available 
to local municipalities to purchase additional absentee bal-
lot drop boxes to accommodate expanded absentee voting.  
  Alternatively,  absentee  voters  may  vote  “in-person  ab-
sentee” beginning two weeks before election day.  Wis. Stat. 
§6.86(1)(b).  A Wisconsin voter who votes “in-person absen-
tee”  fills  out  an  absentee  ballot  in  person  at  a  municipal 
clerk’s  office  or  other  designated  location  before  election 
day.  Some municipalities have created drive-up absentee 
voting  sites  to  allow  voters  to  vote  “in-person  absentee” 
without leaving their cars.  See, e.g., City of Madison Clerk’s 
Office,  In-Person  Absentee  Voting  Hours  and  Locations