Liberal legal group formed ahead of election in Wisconsin
4 years, 2 months ago

Liberal legal group formed ahead of election in Wisconsin

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A new legal group founded by Wisconsin attorneys who have represented Democrats and others opposed to Republicans on issues ranging from redistricting to the lame-duck legislative session has formed just days before the election. Law Forward said Thursday that its focus will be defending Wisconsin’s “progressive traditions” and fighting voter suppression in the election that is less than two weeks away. The group said it will also fight on issues including “fair redistricting, and restoring essential checks and balances to our government.” The group could provide a counterbalance to the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, a law firm that has brought many high profile legal challenges to Democratic Gov. Barbara Lawton; Christine Bremer Muggli, former president of the Wisconsin Association for Justice, the state’s trial lawyers’ association; and Dean Strang, a longtime defense attorney who helped to represent Steven Avery in the case documented by the Netflix “Making a Murderer” series.

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Wisconsin voters to decide on GOP-backed election funding measure
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Wisconsin voters to decide on GOP-backed election funding measure

LA Times  

Voters line up outside a polling place in Kenosha, Wis., on election day in November 2020. Wisconsin voters are set to decide next month whether to make it unconstitutional to accept private grant money to help administer state elections, one of two Republican-backed ballot measures that Democrats say are meant to make it harder to conduct elections in the presidential …

Wisconsin Republican leader stands by fake Trump elector, will keep him on elections commission
1 year, 1 month ago

Wisconsin Republican leader stands by fake Trump elector, will keep him on elections commission

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The majority leader of the Wisconsin Senate on Monday rejected Democrats’ calls to rescind his appointment to the state elections commission, who was one of the Republicans who served as fake electors for former President Donald Trump in 2020. Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said in a statement that his appointee Bob Spindell and the other …

Republicans propose dissolving Wisconsin Elections Commission
1 year, 1 month ago

Republicans propose dissolving Wisconsin Elections Commission

Raw Story  

A group of Republican lawmakers have released a proposal to dissolve the Wisconsin Elections Commission and shift the administration of the state’s elections to the secretary of state. Rep. Lee Snodgrass says the bill is another example of Republicans trying to change the rules when things don’t go their way, this time trying to give themselves the power to oversee …

Wisconsin Senate Republicans vote to reject commissioner who backed disputed top elections official
1 year, 3 months ago

Wisconsin Senate Republicans vote to reject commissioner who backed disputed top elections official

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate’s elections committee retaliated Tuesday against one of the three Democratic elections commissioners who tried to block them from voting to fire the state’s nonpartisan top elections official earlier this year. The committee voted along party lines against confirming Democratic Commissioner Joseph Czarnezki, who was appointed to the Wisconsin Elections Commission in …

GOP-led Wisconsin Senate votes to fire nonpartisan official targeted by 2020 election skeptics
1 year, 4 months ago

GOP-led Wisconsin Senate votes to fire nonpartisan official targeted by 2020 election skeptics

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Thursday to fire the battleground state’s nonpartisan top elections official, prompting a legal challenge from Democrats who say the vote was illegitimate. Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul said in a lawsuit that Senate Republicans don’t have the authority to oust Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe and accused them of attacking the …

Wisconsin Republicans try to force vote on reappointment of nonpartisan election leader
1 year, 6 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans try to force vote on reappointment of nonpartisan election leader

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate, in a surprise move Wednesday night, proceeded with trying to force a vote on firing the state’s nonpartisan top elections official before the 2024 presidential election. The Republican move was an attempt to get around Democrats on the Wisconsin Elections Commission who a day earlier tried to block the Senate from …

Reappointment vote ends in partisan deadlock for battleground Wisconsin’s top elections official
1 year, 6 months ago

Reappointment vote ends in partisan deadlock for battleground Wisconsin’s top elections official

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A vote on the future of Wisconsin’s top elections official ended in partisan deadlock Tuesday amid Republican calls for the nonpartisan administrator of the statewide elections commission to resign over how she ran the 2020 presidential contest. “I have a very clear intent here, and that is to make sure that our commission, our agency, our local …

Abortion drives liberal’s win in Wisconsin court election
1 year, 9 months ago

Abortion drives liberal’s win in Wisconsin court election

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic-backed candidate Janet Protaswiecz’s victory in Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court election is a fresh example of the enduring political power of abortion rights in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s reversal. “Wisconsinites are committed to reproductive freedom and upholding our state’s proud tradition of civic engagement.” Protasiewicz leaned into the high stakes during her campaign, announcing in …

Abortion drives liberal's win in Wisconsin court election
1 year, 9 months ago

Abortion drives liberal's win in Wisconsin court election

The Independent  

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Liberals Take Control Of Wisconsin Supreme Court
1 year, 9 months ago

Liberals Take Control Of Wisconsin Supreme Court

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Judge Janet Protasiewicz, a liberal, won a heated race for an open Wisconsin Supreme Court seat on Tuesday, shifting the balance of power on the state’s high court from conservatives to liberals for the first time since at least 2008. Although Wisconsin’s judicial races are officially nonpartisan, Protasiewicz’s victory over former Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly, a …

"Incredibly racist": Wisconsin GOP official boasts about suppressing Black, Hispanic voters
2 years ago

"Incredibly racist": Wisconsin GOP official boasts about suppressing Black, Hispanic voters

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. Urban Milwaukee first reported that Bob Spindell, chairman of the 4th Congressional District GOP and a member of the Wisconsin Elections Committee, gloated in an email to thousands of Republicans that "we can be especially proud of the city of Milwaukee casting 37,000 less votes than cast in the 2018 election, with the …

Wisconsin judge blocks absentee ballot spoiling
2 years, 3 months ago

Wisconsin judge blocks absentee ballot spoiling

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge is prohibiting voters from canceling their original absentee ballot and casting a new one, siding with a conservative group created by prominent Republicans that said the practice known as ballot spoiling is illegal. The ruling Wednesday from a Waukesha County judge who was a former Republican attorney general comes as voters in the battleground …

'Crazy conspiracy theory': Wisconsin elections chief pans effort to 'decertify' the election
2 years, 10 months ago

'Crazy conspiracy theory': Wisconsin elections chief pans effort to 'decertify' the election

Raw Story  

Allies of Donald Trump on Tuesday continued their efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. "The former state Supreme Court justice leading the GOP-ordered review into the 2020 election on Tuesday said the state Legislature "ought to take a very hard look" at decertifying the state's presidential election," the Wisconsin State Journalreported. "Gableman released a new 136-page 'interim report' from …

Bipartisan Wisconsin business coalition backs elections head
2 years, 11 months ago

Bipartisan Wisconsin business coalition backs elections head

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A bipartisan group of prominent Wisconsin business leaders is voicing support for the state’s embattled elections administrator, her staff and local election officials, issuing a letter Monday backing Meagan Wolfe even as Republicans have called for her resignation and pursued investigations into how the 2020 election was run. The Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy Coalition, formed last …

Wisconsin GOP legislators vote to curtail voter participation
3 years ago

Wisconsin GOP legislators vote to curtail voter participation

Raw Story  

On Monday, the joint Senate and Assembly rules committee voted 6-4 along party lines with all Republicans in favor and all Democrats voting against requiring the Wisconsin Elections Commission to draw up emergency rules to regulate ballot drop boxes and what election clerks are permitted to do regarding errors or missing information on absentee ballot envelopes. Chris Larson, Kelda Roys …

Trump-tied group pushing for voting changes in Wisconsin
3 years, 1 month ago

Trump-tied group pushing for voting changes in Wisconsin

Associated Press  

— A group formed to support former President Donald Trump’s agenda is working with Wisconsin Republicans on a ballot measure that would bypass the state’s Democratic governor to change how elections are run in the battleground state. Trump’s former White House spokesman Hogan Gidley told attendees that his new organization, the Center for Election Integrity, was working with elected officials …

Top Wisconsin Republican struggles to appease the election conspiracists in his party
3 years, 4 months ago

Top Wisconsin Republican struggles to appease the election conspiracists in his party

Raw Story  

With no public hearing or public meetings — using merely a paper ballot distributed by Republican leadership to members' offices — the committee that sets the Legislature's agenda voted along party lines 5-3 to hire staff and officially begin an election audit under the direction of Speaker Robin Vos. While Vos in his public remarks has tried not to alienate …

Wisconsin Republicans try to intervene in redistricting case
3 years, 4 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans try to intervene in redistricting case

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature wants to intervene in a second federal lawsuit brought by advocacy groups that seeks to have a court set a timeline and be prepared to draw new legislative maps. They have not taken steps yet to intervene in a third lawsuit brought by conservatives that seeks to have the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which …

Conservatives file redistricting lawsuit in Wisconsin
3 years, 4 months ago

Conservatives file redistricting lawsuit in Wisconsin

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A conservative group filed a redistricting lawsuit with the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday, an action that comes after Democrats filed their own legal challenge in federal court less than two weeks ago. Democrats and the advocacy groups are asking the federal courts to handle the drawing of new maps, while the lawsuit filed by the Wisconsin …

Wisconsin high court declines to hear Trump election lawsuit
4 years, 1 month ago

Wisconsin high court declines to hear Trump election lawsuit

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear President …

Trump files lawsuit challenging Wisconsin election results
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump files lawsuit challenging Wisconsin election results

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Wisconsin seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots in the state’s two most Democratic counties, a longshot attempt to overturn Joe Biden’s win in a battleground state he lost by nearly 20,700 votes. Separately, two Wisconsin Republicans filed a new federal lawsuit Tuesday that mirrors some of Trump’s claims …

Republicans sue to stop Wisconsin vote certification
4 years, 1 month ago

Republicans sue to stop Wisconsin vote certification

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to block certification of the presidential election results even as a recount over President-elect Joe Biden’s win over President Donald Trump is ongoing. “The Wisconsin Department of Justice will ensure that Wisconsin’s presidential electors are selected based on the will of the more than 3 million Wisconsin …

Judge denies GOP attempt to stop Wisconsin election lawsuit
4 years, 7 months ago

Judge denies GOP attempt to stop Wisconsin election lawsuit

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge in Wisconsin on Wednesday declined a request by Republicans to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Democrats seeking changes in the law to make it easier to vote in the August state primary and November presidential elections. The Republican National Committee, the state Republican Party and the GOP-controlled Wisconsin Legislature asked for the dismissal of …

Parties mine Wisconsin for clues to voting in the virus era
4 years, 9 months ago

Parties mine Wisconsin for clues to voting in the virus era

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democrats overcame legal confusion, safety concerns and presidential influence to pull off a win in Wisconsin this week, and both parties are mining the results for lessons on how to mobilize voters during a pandemic. Wisconsin’s results also suggest that many of President Donald Trump’s voters don’t share his worries about fraud and mail balloting. “It’s harder …

Wisconsin Democrats file 4th lawsuit against lame-duck law
5 years, 10 months ago

Wisconsin Democrats file 4th lawsuit against lame-duck law

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Democratic Party filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging a lame-duck law Republicans passed to limit Gov. “The will of the people is the law of the land and it’s about time Republicans start respecting that.” Assembly Republican Speaker Robin Vos said during a luncheon in Madison that he wasn’t surprised Democrats were filing another lawsuit challenging …

Lawsuit targets GOP laws reducing Wisconsin governor’s power
6 years ago

Lawsuit targets GOP laws reducing Wisconsin governor’s power

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A coalition of liberal-leaning groups filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to void laws passed by Wisconsin Republicans that reduced the powers of the newly elected Democratic governor and attorney general. The new laws include taking away Evers’ ability to withdraw the state from lawsuits without legislative approval, which would prevent Evers from fulfilling his campaign promise to …

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