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Bipartisan Support for Drop Box Regulations
Voters in Wisconsin overwhelmingly support new rules for ballot drop boxes in the state.
A new poll (Question #28) shows Democrat, Republican, and independent voters all say they want to see ballot drop boxes “regulated.”
“The two questions that you can ask where Republicans and Democrats agree. Question A is, would you support the creation of statewide standards? Question B: Do you like puppies? Those are the only two,” pollster Dave Sackett joked at a WisPolitics lunch on Tuesday.
The poll shows 79% of all voters want to see ballot drop box standards. Pollsters said that includes 76% of Democrats, 83% of Republicans and 76% of independents.
The poll did not specify what those regulations would be, or who would be in charge of the standards.
Wisconsin has a tenuous relationship with ballot drop boxes. Lawmakers never specifically allowed for them, but the Wisconsin Elections Commission and eventually the Wisconsin Supreme Court allowed them back in 2020.
The polling firm, The Tarrance Group, is a Republican-tied firm, and asked about 600 voters their feelings on ballot drop boxes and election integrity.
The poll shows that over 90% of Democrats are either “very confident” or “somewhat confident” that Wisconsin's votes this November will be counted accurately. That is far higher than Republicans. The poll shows that just 46% of Republicans think votes will be accurately cast and counted.
Part of that is driven by the poll’s results that show some voters in the state believe there are shenanigans in Wisconsin's election system.
Pollsters say 18% of voters believe that election managers were knowingly falsifying vote counts "often." Another 23% said "occasionally.”
The poll asked 600 likely voters across Wisconsin between May 16th and 19thPollsters communicated with voters through cellphones, texts, and landlines.
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