Good morning.
Monday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 54. Sunrise is 7:01 and sunset 6:21 PM for 11h 19m 54s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 22.6% of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Planning Board meets at 6 PM, and her Library Board at 6:30 PM.
On this day in 1812, during the war with Britain, American forces capture two British ships in a naval engagement on Lake Erie: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.
Hope Karnopp and Alex Groth report Ballot text alerts, preventing poll closures and other changes that could come to Wisconsin’s elections:
Clerks could begin processing absentee ballots a day early
A bill introduced by three Republican lawmakers would allow clerks to begin processing absentee ballots the Monday before Election Day — something election officials have long asked for.
Supporters of the change cite the confusion that results when scores of absentee ballots are processed late at central count facilities and added to the returns all at once, sometimes changing which candidate is in the lead.
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Impossible absentee ballot deadline could be fixed
A separate, bipartisan bill only includes the part about fixing the absentee deadline.
In presidential election years, the February primary — which determines which candidates get on the April ballot — happens after the deadline to send ballots for the April election.
Clerks say the current solution of sending out one ballot with only the presidential primary candidates and a second ballot adding other local races is confusing for voters.
The bill would keep a 47-day deadline for sending ballots to military and overseas voters, but change the deadline to 21 days for all other voters.
A Senate committee voted unanimously to advance that bill to a full Senate vote, but the Assembly committee still needs to hold an executive session to give it the green light.
Notre-Dame Cathedral’s Reopening Is Set for 2024 as Its Spire Emerges From Rubble: