Judge rules Wisconsin voters can’t recast absentee ballots

A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday blocked Democratic voters from recasting absentee ballots in the state’s gubernatorial primary after a series of candidate withdrawals and reentries upended the race.

The ruling comes after the Wisconsin Democratic Party sued the Wisconsin Elections Commission last week, seeking to allow voters who had already returned absentee ballots to cast new ones. The lawsuit was filed after more than 80,000 absentee ballots had already been submitted and after candidates altered the race by dropping out or reentering.