Election mailings show pattern of errors

The strange thing is, the applications weren’t mailed in by town residents. They were sent by people who live in Madison and other Dane County communities. Hanewall forwards the papers to the correct municipal clerk, but she worries that as Election Day grows closer, some may not arrive on time.

“I feel sorry for these people who are being misled,” Hanewall said.

The source of the misdirected applications is the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

Municipal clerks and others who have seen the mailings wonder if it’s part of an effort to suppress the vote in the predominantly Democratic Madison area, but the state agency in charge of elections says it’s part of a long-term pattern of mistakes by the state GOP and other groups trying to get out the vote.

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