The Wisconsin Supreme Court will soon hear a case involving records related to the voting rights of mentally incompetent people. No matter which side wins, the public has in some ways already lost. That’s because while the case pits the public’s right to scrutinize voter eligibility against the rights of voters to protect their own private health […]
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Original Recall Vos effort a failure, second effort underway
UNION GROVE, Wis. — The original effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos did not gather enough signatures to trigger an election. According to a story from the Wisconsin Examiner, the Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC) voted 5-0 not to certify the petitions from the Recall Vos committee. “It really boils down to an arithmetic problem,” Commissioner […]
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Robin Vos recall effort heads to court
The effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos heads to court this morning — a hearing that could make an already messy situation messier. A Dane County judge is hearing oral arguments about whether to allow organizers of the recall push additional time to respond to a challenge to the effort filed by Vos. In […]
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Vos critics submit more than 10,000 signatures in support of recall effort
Right-wing critics of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos began their effort to recall the longest-serving speaker in state history in part because of his refusal to impeach Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe. On Monday, those critics walked into the offices of the WEC to submit more than 10,000 signatures in support of the recall. If […]
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Breaking: Recall Vos group says they have over 10K signatures to trigger recall election
UNION GROVE, Wis. — The group hoping to unseat Assembly Speaker Robin Voss (R-Rochester) says they have more than enough signatures to trigger a recall election. According to a press release from the Recall Vos committee, they collected more than 10,000 signatures. A total of 6,800 were needed. Recall Vos group holding press conference Representatives […]
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Lindell rallies support in Sturtevant for recall of Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Vos, citing election integrity
STURTEVANT — Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow and a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, visited Sturtevant Sunday to support the recall effort against Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. The event reflects the intricate interplay of national and local politics, with Lindell’s close ties to Trump adding a layer of significance. Mike Lindell, CEO […]
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7 sets of legislative maps submitted to Supreme Court, most would reduce GOP advantage
Republican control of the Legislature would likely be reduced under most of the proposed maps submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday, which tossed out the current — heavily gerrymandered — maps late last month. The Court ruled on Dec. 22 that the state’s legislative maps were unconstitutional because they violated the Wisconsin Constitution’s […]
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Brewery owner, political fundraiser Kirk Bangstad says he’ll sue to block Trump from Wisconsin’s 2024 ballot
Minocqua brewery owner and political gadfly Kirk Bangstad says he will go to court to force the Wisconsin Elections Commission to keep Donald Trump off of the state’s presidential ballots in 2024 under the 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Bangstad filed a complaint with the elections commission Thursday demanding Trump’s exclusion. The election commission’s dismissal […]
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Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses GOP maps, orders new ones for 2024 elections
MADISON, WI — The Wisconsin State Supreme Court on Friday, Dec. 22, made public its 235-page decision to toss the state’s legislative districting maps with orders for new maps to be drawn before the 2024 elections. Read the full decision here. GOP maps ruled unconstitutional The election of Justice Janet Protasiewicz in April flipped the […]
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Vos advances Wolfe impeachment resolution two days after start of attack ads targeting him
Two days after the launch of a pressure campaign directed at Assembly Speaker Robin Vos by activists seeking to impeach the Wisconsin elections administrator, Vos formally advanced the impeachment resolution Thursday. Vos is the target of a radio and television campaign in Milwaukee media accusing him of “standing in the way” of efforts to impeach […]
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Lawsuit against legislative maps filed at Wisconsin Supreme Court
One day after control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court flipped to a liberal-leaning majority, voting rights groups filed a lawsuit seeking to have the state’s legislative maps declared unconstitutional for favoring Republicans. The lawsuit, filed by the Wisconsin progressive law firm Law Forward, the Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School, the Campaign Legal Center […]
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2 Bipartisan campaign finance bills introduced by legislators
by Henry Redman, Wisconsin ExaminerMay 2, 2023 A pair of campaign finance bills with bipartisan support were introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature last week, aiming to prevent officials convicted of violating election rules from accessing their campaign finance accounts and assisting local governments with the cost of holding a special election. Voters make their way […]
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Can formerly incarcerated people legally vote in Wisconsin? It depends.
by Jonmaesha Beltran / Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin WatchMarch 21, 2023 Nearly 4.6 million people in the U.S. were barred from being able to vote due to a felony conviction in 2022. That includes more than 65,000 people in Wisconsin, according to The Sentencing Project, an advocacy and research group. Neighboring Michigan, Minnesota and Illinois are […]
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Elections complaint filed against Mayor Mason
RACINE — A rival mayoral candidate filed a complaint alleging that Racine Mayor Cory Mason violated state elections law with the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC). The complaint, filed last week before the primary election by Jim DeMatthew, claims that Mason broke the law “by actively engaging in prohibited electioneering activities.” Specifically, the complaint contends that […]
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Racine at the center of Wisconsin’s election conspiracy universe
by Henry Redman, Wisconsin ExaminerJanuary 12, 2023 At the Nov. 30 meeting of the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC), several people spoke during the public comment period to complain about how the recent election had been administered by the City of Racine. In early December, the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), a right-wing legal […]