About a year ago a new federal law mandated that states send absentee ballots to residents living overseas at least 45 days before the election.
Because the Wisconsin primary is on September 14 that leaves only 42 days before the general election, which isn't enough time under federal law. Representative Stone says, "The federal government put us on notice over a year ago that these new rules were going to come into effect, and the government accountability board and the leadership of the legislatures really ignored that."
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