Wisconsin residents ruled incompetent to vote may lose records privacy
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering whether the government should let anyone who asks get access to potentially sensitive records involving residents who lost their ability to vote because of disabilities, serious mental illnesses or other conditions.
The case sheds light on a gap in Wisconsin’s election laws, which don’t provide for a systematic way of removing people from the voter rolls who lose their right to cast ballots after a court issued them a guardian — a permanent or temporary decision-maker — due to a health condition.
Not everyone who has a court-appointed guardian loses their right to vote. That happens only if a judge determines a person doesn’t understand the election process and what is at stake when voting. People can also petition a court to get their voting rights back.
Elected officials from both parties acknowledge there are obstacles in reporting to election administrators that someone has lost their right to vote. Efforts to address the issue in the state Legislature have yet to bear fruit.
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