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LOSS: A Wisconsin court upheld state guidance barring voters from replacing absentee ballots after circumstances in an election change — such as voting for a new, active candidate after their first choice withdraws. As a result, a voter cannot replace a ballot once it’s been returned to the clerk.

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That makes sense to me. Once your ballot has been received, there's no way to find which ballot was yours to have it not be counted. Unless they keep the ballot together with its envelope even after confirming the voter's eligibility?

I don’t have a problem with this decision. It is one of the variables you must weigh when voting early. Otherwise, you could vote for someone you know won’t make it to the end and then change your vote, enabling you more than other voters who don’t, can’t or won’t vote early.