Wisconsin judge rules against absentee ballot drop boxes
2 years, 11 months ago

Wisconsin judge rules against absentee ballot drop boxes

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge on Thursday sided with conservatives, ruling that absentee ballot drop boxes cannot be located anywhere other than at offices of local clerks and that no one other than the voter may return such a ballot. Republicans are also attempting to change state law to limit ballot boxes and force the bipartisan state elections commission to enact rules restricting their location. Bohren ruled that absentee ballots could only be returned by mail or dropped off at the local election clerk’s office by the person who cast the vote, disallowing the practice known as “ballot harvesting.” Events such as “Democracy in the Park,” in which election officials accepted absentee ballots at more than 200 city parks in 2020, would be prohibited. Evers last year vetoed Republican bills that would have limited the location of absentee ballot drop boxes and who could return the ballots.

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Wisconsin Republicans sue to resolve conflict of when Electoral College votes must be cast for Trump
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Wisconsin Republicans sue to resolve conflict of when Electoral College votes must be cast for Trump

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans have filed a lawsuit seeking a court order to resolve a discrepancy between state and federal law about what date the state’s presidential electors must meet to cast Wisconsin’s 10 Electoral College votes for President-elect Donald Trump. The Wisconsin Republican Party asked in the lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court seeking an order that …

Wisconsin Election: What to Expect on Election Day
2 months ago

Wisconsin Election: What to Expect on Election Day

Associated Press  

Wisconsin is gearing up for a close presidential election on Election Day, with both Republican Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris competing for the 10 electoral votes at stake. The state's U.S. Senate race is also a key contest, with Democrat Tammy Baldwin facing a formidable Republican challenger, Eric Hovde. Wisconsin's state legislature will also hold significant elections, …

Wisconsin city replaces ballot drop box after mayor carted it away
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Wisconsin city replaces ballot drop box after mayor carted it away

Hindustan Times  

MADISON, Wis. — An absentee ballot drop box that the mayor of a central Wisconsin city removed a week ago was back in place on Monday. Wisconsin city replaces ballot drop box after mayor carted it away The Wausau city clerk said the box was available outside of city hall “for residents to submit absentee ballots, payments, and other important …

Wisconsin city replaces ballot drop box after mayor carted it away
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Wisconsin city replaces ballot drop box after mayor carted it away

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. MADISON, Wis. — An absentee ballot drop box that the mayor of a central Wisconsin city removed a week ago was back in place on Monday. The Wausau city clerk said the box was available outside of city hall “for residents to submit absentee ballots, payments, and other important city …

Wisconsin district attorney pursuing investigation into mayor’s removal of absentee ballot drop box
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Wisconsin district attorney pursuing investigation into mayor’s removal of absentee ballot drop box

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin district attorney said Thursday that her office is pursuing an investigation into the removal of an absentee ballot drop box by the mayor of Wausau. The city clerk notified Marathon County District Attorney Theresa Wetzsteon and she said in an email on Thursday that she is requesting an official investigation with the assistance of the …

Republican Wisconsin congressman falsely suggests city clerk was lying about absentee ballots
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Republican Wisconsin congressman falsely suggests city clerk was lying about absentee ballots

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. MADISON, Wis. — The mailing of about 2,200 duplicate absentee ballots in Wisconsin’s heavily Democratic capital city of Madison has led a Republican member of Congress to falsely suggest that the clerk was lying about the presence of barcodes on the ballots themselves. Madison city spokesperson Dylan Brogan said Thursday …

Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs the use of mobile voting vans and who can bring election lawsuits
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs the use of mobile voting vans and who can bring election lawsuits

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with whether a Republican had standing to bring a lawsuit that challenges the use of a mobile voting van in 2022 and seeks to ban their use in any future election in the presidential battleground state. Vebber said he didn’t know if the court could, but if it did, “I think …

Wisconsin judge refuses GOP request to pause absentee voting ruling sought by disabled people
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Wisconsin judge refuses GOP request to pause absentee voting ruling sought by disabled people

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A judge refused Thursday to put on hold his ruling that allows disabled people in Wisconsin to be emailed absentee ballots at home in November’s presidential election in the closely watched battleground state. But Dane County Circuit Judge Everett Mitchell on Thursday rejected their arguments, saying putting his ruling on hold “would inflict significant harm on both …

Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging absentee voting procedure in battleground Wisconsin
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging absentee voting procedure in battleground Wisconsin

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday that challenged absentee voting procedures, preventing administrative headaches for local election clerks and hundreds of thousands of voters in the politically volatile swing state ahead of fall elections. Oldenberg argued that the state Elections Commission hasn’t been following a state law that requires voters who electronically request absentee ballots to …

Wisconsin election officials tell clerks best ways to operate absentee ballot drop boxes
5 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin election officials tell clerks best ways to operate absentee ballot drop boxes

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a set of best practices to ensure the security of unstaffed absentee ballot drop boxes that the state Supreme Court last week ruled could be installed for the fall elections. The best practices approved Thursday, to be distributed to the state’s 1,800 local officials who administer elections, detail …

Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that officials can place ballot drop boxes around their communities in this fall’s elections, overturning its own ruling two years ago limiting their use in the presidential swing state. At least 29 other states allow for absentee ballot drop boxes, according …

Wisconsin voters can once again return ballots by drop box, state high court rules
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin voters can once again return ballots by drop box, state high court rules

NPR  

Wisconsin voters can once again return ballots by drop box, state high court rules toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images MADISON, Wis. — Voters in Wisconsin once again have the option to return absentee ballots via drop box, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled. The 4-3 decision released Friday reverses a near-total ban on ballot drop boxes, which was handed down …

Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal justices show signs of wanting to overturn ballot drop box ban
7 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal justices show signs of wanting to overturn ballot drop box ban

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. MADISON, Wis. — Liberal justices who control the Wisconsin Supreme Court showed signs Monday of being willing to overturn a ruling that all but eliminated the use of absentee ballot drop boxes in the swing state. At issue is whether the court should overturn its July 2022 ruling that said …

Wisconsin governor urges state Supreme Court to revoke restrictions on absentee ballot drop boxes
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Wisconsin governor urges state Supreme Court to revoke restrictions on absentee ballot drop boxes

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. Tony Evers urged the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn a ruling that banned absentee ballot drop boxes beyond the confines of election clerks’ offices in the presidential battleground state. In a filing the day of Wisconsin’s presidential primary, Evers asked the court to overturn a 2022 ruling that …

Wisconsin Supreme Court will reconsider ruling limiting absentee ballot drop boxes
9 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court will reconsider ruling limiting absentee ballot drop boxes

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court will consider overturning its own ruling limiting the use of absentee ballot drop boxes, the justices said Tuesday. The court ruled in July 2022 that absentee drop boxes may be used only in election offices and no one other than the voter can …

Democrats’ challenge to Wisconsin absentee ballot rules is a step closer to state Supreme Court
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Democrats’ challenge to Wisconsin absentee ballot rules is a step closer to state Supreme Court

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democrats are appealing a judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit as they once again seek to allow Wisconsin voters to return absentee ballots in drop boxes, bringing the challenge one step closer to the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court. Absentee ballot drop boxes were barred in Wisconsin in 2022 following criticism by former President Donald Trump. In July 2022, …

Wisconsin judge rules that absentee voting van used in 2022 was illegal
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin judge rules that absentee voting van used in 2022 was illegal

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge has ruled that state law does not allow the use of mobile absentee voting sites, siding with Republicans who had challenged Racine’s use of a voting van that traveled around the city in 2022. The van was used only to facilitate early in-person voting during the two weeks prior to an election, Racine City …

Wisconsin Senate approves GOP-backed elections amendments to the state constitution
1 year, 1 month ago

Wisconsin Senate approves GOP-backed elections amendments to the state constitution

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Tuesday to approve three proposed amendments to the state constitution addressing conservative concerns about elections administration. The proposed legislation would outlaw private funding for elections administration, enshrine existing voter photo ID requirements in the state constitution and specify that only U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in state and local elections. Tuesday’s …

Wisconsin Supreme Court asked to draw new legislative boundaries over Republican objections
1 year, 2 months ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court asked to draw new legislative boundaries over Republican objections

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic voters in Wisconsin hoping to undo Republican-drawn legislative district maps told the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court on Monday that it should create new maps by March — forcing every lawmaker to stand for election under redrawn lines in 2024. New maps favoring Democrats would weaken Republicans’ grip on legislative power, which they have also used in …

Wisconsin judge dismisses lawsuit over military voting lists
1 year, 4 months ago

Wisconsin judge dismisses lawsuit over military voting lists

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge has dismissed a GOP state lawmaker’s lawsuit over military voting records, saying Friday that the challenge should have been brought against a local elections official, not the statewide elections commission. Rep. Janel Brandtjen, the former head of the Assembly elections committee who has promoted election conspiracy theories, and a local veterans group sued the …

National Democrats file absentee ballot lawsuit in Wisconsin ahead of state Supreme Court flip
1 year, 5 months ago

National Democrats file absentee ballot lawsuit in Wisconsin ahead of state Supreme Court flip

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A new lawsuit filed in Wisconsin by a national Democratic law firm seeks to once again allow voters to return absentee ballots in drop boxes, a practice that was barred by the state Supreme Court last year following criticism by former President Donald Trump. The lawsuit filed Thursday by the Elias Law Group comes less than two …

'What problem are they trying to solve?' Republicans introduce bill to add watermarks to absentee ballots
1 year, 5 months ago

'What problem are they trying to solve?' Republicans introduce bill to add watermarks to absentee ballots

Raw Story  

Late last week, Republican legislators introduced legislation that would require all absentee ballots in Wisconsin to be printed with a watermark as a safeguard against people photocopying ballots. The bill, introduced by Rep. Scott Allen and Sen. Romaine Quinn, comes as Republicans have increasingly focused on Wisconsin’s absentee ballot process as a potential source of election wrongdoing in the years …

Wisconsin Republicans try to force vote on reappointment of nonpartisan election leader
1 year, 5 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 …

Disabled Wisconsin voters say absentee law not followed
1 year, 9 months ago

Disabled Wisconsin voters say absentee law not followed

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Disabled voters say local election leaders across Wisconsin are not following federal law during early voting in the high-stakes race for state Supreme Court, incorrectly telling them they can’t have another person return their absentee ballot for them. Wisconsin Republicans successfully sued last year to ban absentee ballot drop boxes, and the conservative-controlled state Supreme Court ruled …

Wisconsin GOP leader wants to change military voting
2 years ago

Wisconsin GOP leader wants to change military voting

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate said Thursday that he is considering legislation that would change the state’s military absentee voting laws, reversing his previous position on the issue. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu’s support for taking action comes after some members of the bipartisan Wisconsin Election Commission said changes to the law could be the …

Jan. 6 panel interviews Wisconsin GOP Assembly speaker
2 years ago

Jan. 6 panel interviews Wisconsin GOP Assembly speaker

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol interviewed Republican Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Wednesday, moving to wrap up depositions ahead of preparing a final report. Vos, in a brief statement, said that his meeting with the committee “was brief, and I answered their questions regarding Wisconsin’s 2020 presidential election.” Trump repeatedly …

Republicans seek ballot box apartheid in Wisconsin
2 years, 1 month ago

Republicans seek ballot box apartheid in Wisconsin

Raw Story  

The Voting Rights Act is on the ballot in Wisconsin this November 8. Voter ID premiered in 2016, the first presidential election after the Republican Supreme Court majority gutted the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder. Turnout in Milwaukee’s African-American majority neighborhoods was down 22% from 2012, a “ significantly higher ” drop than demographically similar neighborhoods next …

Wisconsin ballot spoiling is a no-go after court upholds ban
2 years, 1 month ago

Wisconsin ballot spoiling is a no-go after court upholds ban

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin appeals court is refusing to block a lower court’s ruling prohibiting voters who already submitted an absentee ballot from voiding it and voting again, a rarely used practice known as ballot spoiling. “Thus, claims of confusion and disenfranchisement ring hollow.” The appeals court’s ruling lifted that hold as of 3 p.m. on Friday, leading to …

Early in-person voting starts in Wisconsin amid lawsuits
2 years, 1 month ago

Early in-person voting starts in Wisconsin amid lawsuits

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — In-person early voting began Tuesday in battleground Wisconsin amid ongoing lawsuits affecting which ballots can be counted or tossed, recently ordered bans on drop boxes, and restrictions on who can return ballots. The opening of the in-person voting period marks the beginning of the final two-week push to Election Day in the swing state where both Republican …

Wisconsin judge blocks absentee ballot spoiling
2 years, 2 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 …

2 lawsuits target Wisconsin policy on absentee ballots
2 years, 2 months ago

2 lawsuits target Wisconsin policy on absentee ballots

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Two lawsuits filed this week argue that Wisconsin election clerks should be allowed to accept absentee ballots that are missing portions of witness addresses, the next step in the ongoing legal battle that has pit conservatives against liberals in the battleground state. The lawsuits, filed three days apart on Tuesday and Friday, come after a judge in …

Guidance approved for disabled Wisconsin absentee voters
2 years, 3 months ago

Guidance approved for disabled Wisconsin absentee voters

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission approved guidance Tuesday for local election clerks making clear that voters with disabilities can receive help from others when mailing or delivering absentee ballots. All three Democrats and one Republican voted in favor of the guidance, while Republican commissioner Don Millis and Robert Spindell voted against it, the Wisconsin State Journal reported. …

Bogus ballot requests latest issue in Wisconsin elections
2 years, 4 months ago

Bogus ballot requests latest issue in Wisconsin elections

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Harry Wait was so determined to show Wisconsin’s election system is vulnerable to fraud that he logged onto the state website, requested an absentee ballot in the state Assembly speaker’s name and had it delivered to himself. No one was ultimately prosecuted and Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul called Schmaling’s demands a “disgraceful publicity stunt.” Schmaling said …

Sheriff: 2 admitted ordering Wisconsin ballots for others
2 years, 4 months ago

Sheriff: 2 admitted ordering Wisconsin ballots for others

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Two people in Wisconsin who believe false claims that the 2020 election was marred by widespread fraud admitted they broke state election law by requesting absentee ballots for others in an attempt to underscore vulnerabilities in the state’s voter website, according to a local sheriff. Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling issued a statement Thursday saying that two …

Wisconsin disabled voters file federal lawsuit over ballots
2 years, 4 months ago

Wisconsin disabled voters file federal lawsuit over ballots

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Four people in Wisconsin with disabilities have filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to ensure that they’ll be able to get help turning in their ballots, even though the conservative-controlled state Supreme Court said no one other than the voter can return absentee ballots in person. The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Madison, …

Wisconsin official: Voters must mail own absentee ballots
2 years, 5 months ago

Wisconsin official: Voters must mail own absentee ballots

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s chief election administrator said Thursday that Wisconsin voters must place their own absentee ballots in the mail and can’t have someone do it for them, adding to confusion over whether elderly and disabled people would be breaking the law if they receive help. Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe’s remarks came after the state Supreme Court …

Wisconsin elections commission rejects guidance for clerks
2 years, 5 months ago

Wisconsin elections commission rejects guidance for clerks

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s bipartisan elections commission couldn’t agree Tuesday on what guidance, if any, to give the state’s more than 1,800 local clerks to help them understand how to implement a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling outlawing absentee ballot drop boxes. The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday ruled 4-3 that absentee ballot drop boxes are illegal and voters must …

Wisconsin Supreme Court disallows absentee ballot drop boxes
2 years, 5 months ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court disallows absentee ballot drop boxes

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled Friday that absentee ballot drop boxes may be placed only in election offices and that no one other than the voter can return a ballot in person, dealing a defeat to Democrats who said the decision would make it harder to vote in the battleground state. Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson, a …

The Wisconsin Supreme Court says ballot drop boxes aren't allowed in the state
2 years, 5 months ago

The Wisconsin Supreme Court says ballot drop boxes aren't allowed in the state

NPR  

The Wisconsin Supreme Court says ballot drop boxes aren't allowed in the state Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that most ballot drop boxes aren't allowed in the state and that a voter can't have someone else return — in person — their completed absentee ballot on their behalf. …

Wisconsin Supreme Court limits use of absentee ballot drop boxes
2 years, 5 months ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court limits use of absentee ballot drop boxes

Al Jazeera  

The decision is a defeat for Democrats in the battleground state who say the ruling makes it harder for many to vote. The Supreme Court of the US state of Wisconsin has ruled that absentee ballot drop boxes may be placed only in election offices and that no one other than the voter can return a ballot in person, in …

Wisconsin judge upholds legality of private election grants
2 years, 6 months ago

Wisconsin judge upholds legality of private election grants

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin circuit court judge ruled Wednesday that it was legal for private grants from a group funded by Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg to be sent to the Democratic stronghold of Madison to help it run the 2020 election during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ruling from Dane County Circuit Judge Stephen Ehlke affirmed an earlier decision by …

Lawsuits over ballot drop boxes filed in 5 Wisconsin cities
2 years, 6 months ago

Lawsuits over ballot drop boxes filed in 5 Wisconsin cities

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Conservatives filed lawsuits in Wisconsin’s five largest cities Wednesday over the use of absentee ballot drop boxes in the 2020 election, even as the state Supreme Court was poised to rule on the issue in coming weeks. Hundreds of drop boxes were used statewide in the 2020 election, but the lawsuit only challenges their use in Milwaukee, …

Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question ballot drop boxes
2 years, 8 months ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question ballot drop boxes

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Skeptical Wisconsin Supreme Court justices questioned Wednesday whether state law allows for voters to give their absentee ballot to someone else to return or whether drop boxes can be placed outside municipal clerk offices. The court in February barred the use of drop boxes outside election clerk offices for the April spring election where local offices such …

Wisconsin governor vetoes Republican election bills
2 years, 8 months ago

Wisconsin governor vetoes Republican election bills

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. The bills are part of a nationwide Republican effort to reshape elections following President Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump. In vetoing the eight bills, Evers told lawmakers that “The right to vote is fundamental to our democracy; it should not be subject to the whim of politicians who do not like the outcome …

Bill setting up early absente ballot count likely dead
2 years, 9 months ago

Bill setting up early absente ballot count likely dead

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Republican-authored bill that would authorize local election clerks to begin counting absentee ballots a day earlier is likely dead. Right now clerks can’t start counting absentee ballots until the day of the election. Assembly Republicans last week amended a Senate bill that would have protected clerks who report irregularities to allow clerks to to being counting …

AP FACT CHECK: Wisconsin election probe ignores some facts
2 years, 9 months ago

AP FACT CHECK: Wisconsin election probe ignores some facts

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice examining the 2020 election in battleground Wisconsin laid out his interim findings this week and recommended that legislators should consider decertifying the state’s presidential result — a move attorneys have said is illegal. The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission before the 2020 election provided guidance to local election clerks who run elections, …

Wisconsin Republicans sends election bills to governor
2 years, 9 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans sends election bills to governor

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature passed a package of election and voting bills to Gov. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos insisted the bills were about addressing identified problems with the 2020 election and attempting “to guarantee that people have confidence in the election and the results that happen” going forward. “We are not looking backward about decertifying, or overturning, …

Republican voting changes passed by Wisconsin Senate
2 years, 10 months ago

Republican voting changes passed by Wisconsin Senate

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday passed a package of fast-tracked voting changes introduced after former President Donald Trump’s defeat in 2020, measures that minority Democrats don’t have the votes to stop but that Gov. “That’s over and Biden won.” Evers reiterated in a tweet on Monday that he has a dim view of Republican attempts to …

Wisconsin court won’t allow drop boxes for April 5 election
2 years, 10 months ago

Wisconsin court won’t allow drop boxes for April 5 election

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday denied a request from the state elections commission to keep absentee ballot drop boxes in place through the April 5 election for local offices. But the court said the elections commission has enough time after Tuesday’s primary to communicate with local election clerks that drop boxes can’t be used in …

Wisconsin Republicans fast-track elections bills
2 years, 10 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans fast-track elections bills

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republican leaders are fast-tracking a package of bills released Tuesday that would clamp down on who can obtain absentee ballots, give a GOP-controlled committee the power to eliminate staff and cut funding to state agencies and force the elections commission to get legislative approval before spending any federal money. A Republican-controlled committee has also ordered the …

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