PORT WASHINGTON, WI (AP)— A local Wisconsin official who posted a selfie with his marked ballot on Facebook during the April 2022 election has had a felony charge against him dropped.
Mequon-Thiensville School Board member Paul Buzzell, 52, had faced maximum penalties of three-and-a-half years behind bars and $10,000 in fines.
Ozaukee County Judge Paul Malloy ruled Monday that a state law prohibiting voters from showing anyone else their marked ballot was in violation of the constitutional right to free speech.