Police in the swing-state of Wisconsin are investigating how three trays of mail which included absentee ballots ended up in a ditch, after the mail was found at 8 a.m. Tuesday morning near a highway before it was immediately turned over to the US Postal Service, according to Fox 11.
The incident comes a mere five weeks before the presidential election, which has been steeped in partisan bickering over the system of mail-in and absentee ballots and wavering trust in the alternate system.
Prior to the pandemic, just 6% of Wisconsin voters cast absentee ballots by mail - however during the state's April primaries, that number jumped to 60%, when 1.1 million out of 1.55 million votes were conducted through the postal service.
During said primaries, thousands of voters across the state complained that they never received the absentee ballots they requested.
In one case, a Milwaukee postal worker said that three bins of absentee ballots had never been delivered.
The FBI and the office of the United States Attorney found nine discarded mail-in ballots from members of the military, all cast for President Trump.
On Thursday, President Trump told Fox News' Biran Kilmeade on his radio show that mail-in ballots are a "Horror show" and that missing ballots are "Emblematic of thousands of ballots" which could get lost this year.
Friday, September 25, 2020
Wisconsin Authorities Investigate Absentee Ballots Found In Ditch, As FBI Probes Discarded Pro-Trump Ballots In PA
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