Wisconsin voters enshrine amendments that could ‘subvert’ elections in state

Ban on using private grants and requiring ‘only election officials designated by law’ to perform election tasks could harm voting

Wisconsin voters enshrined in the state constitution on Tuesday two amendments that election officials and voting rights advocates worry will hurt election administration in the state.

The first bans election offices from accessing private grants – a source of revenue that election officials relied on in 2020 to run elections during the pandemic and have since used to stock voting equipment in polling places.