MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials are scrambling to deal with the reinstatement of the requirement that voters show photo identification when casting ballots. The law was reinstated last Friday by a federal appeals court in Chicago, just hours after hearing arguments in the case. Government Accountability Board spokesman Reid Magney said Monday that the biggest immediate issue is what to do about more than 11,800 absentee ballots that have already been mailed, and perhaps returned, without the voter showing the required identification. The law requires people to submit photocopies of their IDs when requesting the absentee ballots by mail. But those instructions weren’t sent with the ballots already mailed. Magney says elections officials are discussing what steps to take on Monday and will release more information soon.
