I don’t quite understand what would have happened had the waiver not been granted? Would Wisconsin have been prohibited from sending ballots to the servicemen? I understand the need for the 45-day deadline but what was the alternative to the waiver? A state sued by DOJ and servicemen denied their right to vote while the suit was pending? Does the process really require 45 days in these days of electronic voting?
The state is responsible for getting the ballots to overseas military in time for them to vote and get the ballot back to be counted, the MOVE Act stipulated 45 days.
The problem is deployed troops in inaccessible areas for the most part as I understand it and they vote by paper ballot, not electronically.