Dr. LaKeshia N. Myers

By LaKeshia N. Myers

After years of watching Wisconsin suffer through election nights with delayed results and manufactured controversy, I’m thrilled to see Republican lawmakers finally embracing common-sense election reforms. The reintroduction of legislation allowing clerks to begin processing absentee ballots on the Monday before election day isn’t just good policy – it’s essential for our democracy’s health.

As a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, I know firsthand how frustrating it can be to champion election reforms that get caught in partisan crossfire. During my tenure, I co-authored Assembly Bill 203 in 2019, which focused on modernizing our in-person absentee voting processes by allowing electronic voting machines for early voting. That bill,

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