RILEY VETTERKIND Disability rights advocates on Wednesday pushed back against a number of Republican bills proposing changes to Wisconsin's absentee voting process that they say would make it more difficult for people with disabilities to cast ballots. Disability Rights Wisconsin and voters with disabilities in particular took issue with two bills the Republican-controlled state Senate passed Tuesday. One would make changes, including some new restrictions, on how absentee ballots can be returned, and another would prohibit local election officials from filling out incomplete information on a voterâs absentee ballot certificate, such as missing witness address information. "Voters with disabilities have a higher utilization of absentee voting because so many experience barriers to voting in person," said Barbara Beckert, director of external advocacy for Disability Rights Wisconsin, during a Zoom call Wednesday. "These are among a number of bills introduced in February that would put in place new barriers and restrictions that would make it harder to vote for many of the voters that we assist."