Supreme Court conservatives rule for Wisconsin GOP, reject more time to submit mail-in ballots
4 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court conservatives rule for Wisconsin GOP, reject more time to submit mail-in ballots

LA Times  

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked a Wisconsin judge’s order that would have given voters an extra week to submit primary election ballots by mail. The Supreme Court’s five Republican appointees came to the aid of Wisconsin’s Republican leaders Monday and blocked a judge’s order that would have given voters an extra week to submit their ballots by mail. “Like the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the U.S. Supreme Court divided along partisan and ideological lines.” The GOP leaders filed their emergency appeal with Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, and he referred it to the full court. Last week, Wisconsin’s governor issued a stay-at-home order, and Democratic lawyers then went to court seeking to postpone the election or allow more time for voters to receive and submit absentee ballots.

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

Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit Surge Shows Why It’s a Top Prize
2 months ago

Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit Surge Shows Why It’s a Top Prize

Live Mint  

Pennsylvania is emerging as the jackpot in the hotly contested presidential race, drawing both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in frenzied campaigning on the eve of the election, along with a surge in legal cases from both sides. Republicans appealed after Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled the state must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots are disqualified for …

Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to void thousands of ballots in PA – a week before the election
2 months, 1 week ago

Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to void thousands of ballots in PA – a week before the election

The Independent  

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Trump-Appointed Appeals Court Judges Rule in Favor of Mississippi on Ballot Receipt After Election Day
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump-Appointed Appeals Court Judges Rule in Favor of Mississippi on Ballot Receipt After Election Day

CNN  

A federal appeals court judges have ruled that Mississippi's post-election mail ballot receipt violates federal law. The ruling could impact legal challenges to late-arriving ballots in other states, which could make a difference in key races. The court's decision is only binding on the three Southern states covered by the circuit, and for now, the panel is not ordering that …

Trump-Appointed Appeals Court Judges Rule in Favor of Mississippi on Ballot Deadline Dispute
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump-Appointed Appeals Court Judges Rule in Favor of Mississippi on Ballot Deadline Dispute

CNN  

A federal appeals court judge in Mississippi has ruled that the state is violating federal law by counting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. However, the ruling does not block the policy before the election, leaving it unclear if it will impact legal challenges to late-arriving ballots in other states.

Wisconsin Election: What to Expect on Election Day
2 months, 2 weeks 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 capital city sends up to 2,000 duplicate absentee ballots, leading to GOP concerns
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin capital city sends up to 2,000 duplicate absentee ballots, leading to GOP concerns

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Up to 2,000 voters in Wisconsin’s heavily Democratic capital of Madison were sent duplicate absentee ballots, but a city spokesperson said Tuesday that none had been returned, all affected voters were being contacted and there were multiple safeguards in place to ensure only one ballot is counted. “The clerk’s office moved to rectify it as quickly as …

Wisconsin judge refuses GOP request to pause absentee voting ruling sought by disabled people
5 months, 1 week 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
5 months, 1 week 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 Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall
6 months 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
6 months 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 …

Judge allows disabled voters in Wisconsin to electronically vote from home
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge allows disabled voters in Wisconsin to electronically vote from home

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Local election officials in battleground state Wisconsin will be allowed to send absentee ballots to disabled voters electronically in November’s presidential election, a judge ruled Tuesday. Dane County Circuit Judge Everett Mitchell issued a temporary injunction that allows voters who self-certify that they can’t read or mark a paper ballot without help to request absentee ballots electronically …

Wisconsin Supreme Court keeps ban on mobile absentee voting sites in place for now
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court keeps ban on mobile absentee voting sites in place for now

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court kept a lower court’s ruling banning the use of mobile voting sites in the upcoming presidential election in place for now, a win for Republicans. Justice Rebecca Bradley, one of the three dissenting conservative justices, said the order by the liberal majority was the latest in an “ongoing effort to resolve cases in …

Wisconsin criminal justice groups argue for invalidating constitutional amendments on bail
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin criminal justice groups argue for invalidating constitutional amendments on bail

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin criminal justice advocates argued in court Wednesday that Republican-backed cash bail constitutional amendments approved by voters last year should be invalidated over procedural flaws, a case that elections officials and the Legislature call a cynical attempt to undo election results. People can vote on them again.” Attorneys for the Legislature and state elections commission countered that …

Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal justices show signs of wanting to overturn ballot drop box ban
7 months, 4 weeks 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
9 months, 1 week 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 voters to decide on banning private money to help fund elections
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Wisconsin voters to decide on banning private money to help fund elections

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — 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 battleground state. The constitutional amendments on the state’s April 2 ballot also include …

Wisconsin Supreme Court will reconsider ruling limiting absentee ballot drop boxes
9 months, 4 weeks 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 …

Trump winning Wisconsin could hinge on an insidious voting practice
10 months, 1 week ago

Trump winning Wisconsin could hinge on an insidious voting practice

Raw Story  

Democrats are understandably excited by the upcoming death of the Republican gerrymander in Wisconsin. Democrats will have a chance to retake the state Assembly in 2024 and the state Senate in 2026 — if the new maps aren’t overturned in federal court. Nationally, the implications could be even greater: Republicans likely won’t be able to impose any new voter suppression …

Republican DA asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide abortion lawsuit without lower court ruling
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Republican DA asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide abortion lawsuit without lower court ruling

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Republican prosecutor asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday to decide whether a 174-year-old state law bans abortion in the state without waiting for a ruling from a lower appellate court. The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision legalizing abortion, reactivated an 1849 law that conservatives have interpreted …

In battleground Wisconsin, election clerks must now accept absentee ballots with partial addresses
11 months ago

In battleground Wisconsin, election clerks must now accept absentee ballots with partial addresses

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Elections Commission has complied with court orders and voted to tell the more than 1,800 local clerks who run elections in the battleground state that they can accept absentee ballots that are missing parts of a witness’s address. The commission voted 5-1 Thursday, with Republican Commissioner Bob Spindell opposed, to adopt the new guidance for …

Democrats’ challenge to Wisconsin absentee ballot rules is a step closer to state Supreme Court
11 months, 1 week 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, …

Top Wisconsin Republican wants to put abortion laws on a future ballot
1 year ago

Top Wisconsin Republican wants to put abortion laws on a future ballot

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s top Republican wants to let voters decide whether to shrink the window of time in which women can get abortions, but the state’s Democratic governor says he won’t allow it. The state of abortion laws in Wisconsin was thrown into confusion in June 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, …

Wisconsin prosecutor appeals ruling that cleared way for abortions to resume in state
1 year ago

Wisconsin prosecutor appeals ruling that cleared way for abortions to resume in state

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Republican district attorney has appealed a court ruling that determined that an 1849 Wisconsin law does not ban abortions, a decision that cleared the way for abortions to resume in the state. Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski on Tuesday appealed the ruling from a Dane County judge that said there is no state ban on …

Democrats urge Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn Republican-drawn legislative maps
1 year, 1 month ago

Democrats urge Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn Republican-drawn legislative maps

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democrats urged the Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn Republican-drawn legislative maps Tuesday, with conservative justices questioning the timing of the redistricting challenge, while liberals focused on the constitutionality of the current maps and what the process should be for adopting new ones. Conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley most aggressively questioned the motives of Democrats and repeatedly referenced newly …

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor says he would sign current GOP-backed ballot pre-processing bill
1 year, 2 months ago

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor says he would sign current GOP-backed ballot pre-processing bill

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said Thursday that he will sign into law a bill that would allow Wisconsin elections officials to process absentee ballots the day before an election if the Republican-controlled Legislature passes the measure in its current form. Evers will veto any bill that enables politicians to interfere with our elections or makes it harder …

Wisconsin Republicans admit vote to fire elections chief had no legal effect
1 year, 2 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans admit vote to fire elections chief had no legal effect

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republican Wisconsin lawmakers working to oust the state’s nonpartisan top elections official have admitted that a state Senate vote to fire her last month has no legal effect. In a change of course from recent calls to impeach Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, leaders of the GOP-controlled Legislature said in court documents filed Friday that the …

GOP-led Wisconsin Senate votes to fire nonpartisan official targeted by 2020 election skeptics
1 year, 3 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 Democrats combat threatened impeachment of court justice with $4M effort
1 year, 4 months ago

Wisconsin Democrats combat threatened impeachment of court justice with $4M effort

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Democratic Party on Wednesday launched a $4 million effort to pressure Republicans to back down from impeaching a new liberal state Supreme Court justice being targeted after she criticized GOP-drawn legislative electoral maps and spoke in favor of abortion rights. The judge’s election tipped the balance of power in the state Supreme Court, giving Democrats …

Wisconsin Supreme Court enters a new era as it flips to liberal control after 15 years
1 year, 5 months ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court enters a new era as it flips to liberal control after 15 years

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democrats celebrated the beginning of a new era for the state Supreme Court on Tuesday as it flipped from conservative to liberal control for the first time in 15 years. And we all want a Wisconsin where everyone is afforded equal justice under the law.” State Democratic legislative leaders, the Democratic secretary of state and attorney …

Wisconsin judge dismisses lawsuit over military voting lists
1 year, 5 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 …

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 …

Editorial: Wisconsin voters clearly want abortion rights back
1 year, 9 months ago

Editorial: Wisconsin voters clearly want abortion rights back

LA Times  

An unabashed abortion rights supporter won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court last week in a stunning 11-point victory over a conservative antiabortion judge. Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz’s defeat of former state Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly gives the court a liberal majority for the first time in years. Changing those maps could change the composition of the …

Wisconsin Voters Just Took Their Democracy Back
1 year, 9 months ago

Wisconsin Voters Just Took Their Democracy Back

Slate  

In what was likely the most important election of the year, Wisconsin voters elected liberal-leaning judge Janet Protasiewicz to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday. And it’s worth noting that in 2020, it was due only to the defection of one conservative justice that the state Supreme Court narrowly upheld President Joe Biden’s Wisconsin win amid Donald Trump’s legal crusade …

Democrats’ choice wins key Wisconsin Supreme Court race
1 year, 9 months ago

Democrats’ choice wins key Wisconsin Supreme Court race

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Democratic-backed Milwaukee judge won the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race Tuesday, ensuring liberals will take over majority control of the court for the first time in 15 years with the fate of the state’s abortion ban on the line. The victory speaks to the importance of abortion as an issue for Democrats in a key …

Abortion Rights And Democracy Are On The Line In Wisconsin Court Race
1 year, 9 months ago

Abortion Rights And Democracy Are On The Line In Wisconsin Court Race

Huff Post  

MILWAUKEE ― Wisconsinites are set to elect a new justice to the state’s Supreme Court on Tuesday. The combination of a “tipping point” election for control of the state Supreme Court and its relevance for “hot-button issues” like abortion rights and gerrymandering, “make this maybe the biggest Wisconsin Supreme Court race that we’ve ever had,” said Robert Yablon, a constitutional …

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 Republicans propose abortion ban exceptions
1 year, 9 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans propose abortion ban exceptions

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature unveiled a bill Wednesday that would create rape and incest exceptions to the state’s 1849 abortion ban and clarify when abortions that protect the health of the mother would be allowed. “I won’t sign a bill that leaves Wisconsin women with fewer rights and freedoms than they had before the U.S. …

Debate on abortion access turns to Wisconsin high court race
1 year, 10 months ago

Debate on abortion access turns to Wisconsin high court race

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — National groups on both sides of the abortion fight on Wednesday pledged significant spending in the race for a pivotal seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, tossing the perennial battleground state into the spotlight of the searing debate over abortion access. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz, who campaigned as an abortion rights supporter and received the …

Abortion Is Turning Wisconsin Blue in a Critical Judicial Race
1 year, 10 months ago

Abortion Is Turning Wisconsin Blue in a Critical Judicial Race

Slate  

On Tuesday, in a state judicial election loaded with national significance, Wisconsin’s primary vote put progressive Judge Janet Protasiewicz in the catbird seat for the swing seventh vote on the state’s Supreme Court. The fundraising group Emily’s List, which made Protasiewicz the first state Supreme Court candidate it has ever endorsed, will have to do the same. In the last …

Wisconsin judge OKs ballot measures for April election
1 year, 10 months ago

Wisconsin judge OKs ballot measures for April election

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge on Monday ruled that two Republican-backed measures can appear on the April ballot over the objections of criminal justice advocates who said elections officials had missed the state deadline. The April election will determine ideological control of Wisconsin’s highest court, which could have the final say on lawsuits challenging the state’s abortion ban and …

Don't ignore the Wisconsin Supreme Court race — it could be crucial for democracy
1 year, 10 months ago

Don't ignore the Wisconsin Supreme Court race — it could be crucial for democracy

Salon  

In April, Wisconsin voters will go to the polls to elect just one justice on just one court — and this race has rightfully been deemed one of the most consequential elections of the year. That's because the person elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court this year could well prove to be the deciding vote on whether Wisconsin protects abortion …

Abortion among major issues at stake in Wisconsin court race
1 year, 10 months ago

Abortion among major issues at stake in Wisconsin court race

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A conservative tilt on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has given Republicans victories on voting restrictions, gerrymandered legislative districts and other high-stakes cases in recent years. “But in Wisconsin, this race is at least as important as all the battles of the last two years.” The Supreme Court election campaign could break national spending records if a conservative …

Abortion among major issues at stake in Wisconsin court race
1 year, 10 months ago

Abortion among major issues at stake in Wisconsin court race

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “But in Wisconsin, this race is at least as important as all …

Abortion front and center in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
1 year, 11 months ago

Abortion front and center in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A liberal judge running in a pivotal race to determine majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court touts her support for abortion rights in the first two television ads of the closely watched race launched Thursday. Protasiewicz faces another liberal, Dane County Circuit Judge Everett Mitchell, and two conservative candidates: former Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly and …

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 …

Wisconsin judge won’t order sequestering of absentee ballots
2 years, 2 months ago

Wisconsin judge won’t order sequestering of absentee ballots

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge on Monday, less than 14 hours before polls opened, refused to order that military absentee ballots be pulled aside and sequestered until it can be verified that they were cast legally, saying that would be a “drastic remedy” that could disenfranchise voters. The judge said the case did raise questions about whether the bipartisan …

Wisconsin ballot spoiling is a no-go after court upholds ban
2 years, 2 months 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, 2 months 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 …

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