Senate committee passes pair of absentee ballot bills on party -line vote

Senate Elections Committee members today voted along party lines in favor of a pair of bills dealing with absentee ballots.
Ahead of votes, lawmakers also voted along party lines to add amendments to each bill. Dem Sens. Jeff Smith, D-Eau Claire, and Kelda Roys, D-Madison, voted against a Republican amendment to SB 209 that would require election workers to empty absentee ballot drop boxes by 5 p....

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