MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge will consider Monday whether to allow people with disabilities to vote electronically from home in battleground states this fall.
The Wisconsin Disability Rights Association, the League of Women Voters and four people with disabilities filed a lawsuit in April seeking to allow people with disabilities to vote absentee electronically from home.
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