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Wisconsin election officials are weighing whether changes to military absentee voting are needed after a top Milwaukee election official was charged with fraud in false requests for military absentee ballots just days before the Nov. 8 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kimberly Zapata, former deputy director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, is accused of taking advantage of relaxed requirements intended to help service members vote. A criminal complaint says Zapata used fictitious voter information to send three military absentee ballots to the home of a state lawmaker<\/a> in October. Investigators said Zapata told them she was trying to expose vulnerabilities<\/a> in the election system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wisconsin\u2019s election practices have been effective at preventing widespread fraud<\/a>, but Zapata\u2019s actions damaged the public trust, said Meagan Wolfe, the nonpartisan administrator of the Wisconsin Election Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The episode has prompted officials to consider how they could change the military ballot process to protect against small-scale fraud \u2014 and whether such adjustments would even be worth the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Military absentee ballots are a tiny part of the vote in Wisconsin \u2014 on average about 0.07% of the absentee ballots requested, according to the election commission. That has translated to around 2,800 ballots in recent midterm elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt just is really not possible to engage in much fraudulent activity without being noticed very quickly,\u201d said Barry Burden, a political science professor and director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One change members of the Wisconsin Election Commission said they\u2019re eyeing would add a layer of security by requiring military voters to verify their identity with a common access card, the standard ID issued to all service members by the Department of Defense. It\u2019s a matter the Legislature would have to take up if it were to go anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Military voters don\u2019t have to register to vote in Wisconsin and must only provide their name, address and date of birth to get an absentee ballot. Federal law prohibits states from requiring permanent overseas and military voters to provide a photo ID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there could be ways to use common access cards to verify a service member\u2019s identity without running up against the restrictions in federal law, Wolfe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common access cards include a microchip that stores a service member\u2019s personal identifying information and an authentication certificate that verifies their identity when accessing government computer systems. The same information could be used as an electronic signature for military absentee ballots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not necessarily a photo ID requirement from what I understand how that would look,\u201d said Wolfe. \u201cIt\u2019s more or less an opportunity for military voters to be able to verify their identity using the technologies that they may have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A law enacted in Michigan earlier this year could provide a model for Wisconsin. The Michigan Legislature established electronic voting as an option for military voters, tying the unique information on their common access card to a digital ballot and thus securing the return process with the same verification used by military networks. Similar bills were introduced by Democrats in Virginia and New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not clear that requiring a common access card to request a military ballot \u2014 the most direct option to address concerns over Zapata\u2019s actions \u2014 would also comply with federal requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very possible that federal law would not allow such a framework since it would be adding an additional requirement to the voting process,\u201d said Riley Vetterkind, a spokesman for the election commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While establishing electronic voting wouldn\u2019t altogether remove the possibility for fraudulent requests, it would allow clerks to instantly verify digital ballots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Military advocates say electronic voting is a great option to expand accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAllowing us to vote electronically would help us more easily participate in the very democracy we serve to protect,\u201d said Sarah Streyder, executive director of the Secure Families Initiative, a nonpartisan group advocating for military voters and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any change in Wisconsin law would need to pass the Republican-controlled state Legislature and receive the approval of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who vetoed more than a dozen election-related bills<\/a> from Republicans in his last term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some lawmakers favor exploring the idea. Republican Sen. Duey Stroebel said a military ID requirement \u201cwould probably go a long way towards rectifying the problem that was highlighted with the Kimberly Zapata case in Milwaukee.\u201d But Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said Tuesday he has no plans to address military absentee voting in the upcoming legislative session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The election commission can still vote to recommend legislative action, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt would solve two problems: one, it would prevent the abuse \u2013 potential abuse \u2013 and it would make it easier for military voters, especially those overseas where mail can be an issue,\u201d said Don Millis, the Republican chair of the election commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democratic Commissioner Ann Jacobs said military ID legislation could be a good idea if executed in a way that doesn\u2019t create additional barriers for service members to vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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