Can anyone order Wisconsin absentee ballots 'for anyone and ship the ballots anywhere in the world'?
Only registered Wisconsin voters can use Wisconsin’s MyVote website to request absentee ballots by mail.
The Wisconsin Election Commission told Wisconsin Watch that MyVote does not automatically send an absentee ballot to the requester. Requests generate an email to the requester’s municipal clerk, who determines whether the voter has provided information, including a photo ID, to receive an absentee ballot.
MyVote is the most common way Wisconsin voters request absentee ballots.
Wisconsin-based HOT Government, which alleged fraud in Wisconsin in the 2020 election, falsely claimed Nov. 2, 2024, that “anybody from around the world” can use MyVote to “illegally order absentee ballots for anyone and ship the ballots anywhere in the world.”
In 2022, the organization's president Harry Wait was charged with four crimes for allegedly using MyVote to request absentee ballots for two Wisconsin elected officials be mailed to his Racine-area home. The case is pending.