New campaign finance reports show Justice Pat Roggensack has spent $351,000 on her re-election campaign in six weeks.

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Nearly two years after Justice David Prosser allegedly put his hands around the throat of another Wisconsin justice, the incident continues to dominate debate about the future of the state’s highest court.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Pat Roggensack and Ed Fallone are scheduled to meet for a debate a little over a week before the April 2 election.

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Ed Fallone goes after incumbent Justice Pat Roggensack in his first ad in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race released Tuesday, just two weeks before the April 2 election.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Pat Roggensack said Wednesday her "heart aches" over the approach taken by her opponent Ed Fallone in the race for the state's highest court.

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Turns out Vince Megna is himself churning out defective products. Somebody call a lawyer.

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Lawyers can learn something from a former journalist turned political adviser.

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The National Archives maintains a website on the U.S. Electoral College. The page is divided into several topics, including FAQs, “What is an Electoral College,” resources for state officials, and a general resource page.

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Legions of lawyers are ready to enter the fray in case Election Day turns on a legal challenge. One nightmare scenario would be for the results in a battleground state like Wisconsin or Ohio to be too close to call, with thousands of absentee or provisional ballots yet to be counted.

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The state of Wisconsin has settled a federal lawsuit brought by Republican Mitt Romney's campaign seeking more time for military and overseas voters in Wisconsin to return ballots that were sent past a federal deadline.

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Voters on Tuesday ousted three judicial appointees of Gov. Scott Walker, but also elected four others initially chosen to serve by the Republican last year.

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Lawyers arguing over the legality of Wisconsin's election maps in a federal trial said Friday they have dropped several of their claims, leaving two main issues for a three-judge panel to resolve.

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The voting rights of Milwaukee's Latino community would be "significantly diminished" under the redrawn voter maps that the Republican-led Legislature passed last year, an expert witness testified Thursday.

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All four incumbent circuit judges running for re-election in the spring survived the Tuesday primary, but three finished second on the ballots.

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While there are no statewide judicial races to attract voters this spring, Wisconsin will have six circuit court primaries Tuesday.

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A Madison judge has granted state election officials an additional 30 days to verify nearly 2 million signatures on recall petitions against Gov. Scott Walker and five other Republicans.

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Earlier this month, Google announced that it is adding an “Elections” section to their News homepage. It is located on the left hand side of the main Google news page and selecting it will narrow your news stories to just those dealing with the election.

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Despite historically long odds, two candidates are challenging an incumbent judge in Milwaukee County instead of running for two open circuit court seats.

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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A county clerk likely violated the law when she failed to report thousands of votes in this spring’s tightly contested Wisconsin Supreme Court election, but her conduct wasn’t criminal, state investigators ...

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Two state senators introduced legislation Thursday that would eliminate the election of state Supreme Court justices and replace that system with an appointment process based on merit.

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After an exhaustive and unsuccessful attempt to unseat a justice on the state Supreme Court, attorney JoAnne Kloppenburg is going to make a run at the appellate court bench.

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Recall elections prompted by anger over lawmaker handling of a proposal to curb union rights let Wisconsin Democrats narrow the Republican majority in the state Senate, but not capture control, and ...

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There is an expression that goes, “The personal is political.”

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WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A former prosecutor has been named to look into a complaint that accuses the Waukesha County clerk of misconduct in carrying out her duties during the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court election. The complaint against Kathy Nickolaus ...

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By DINESH RAMDE Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — County clerks in northeastern Wisconsin have begun preparing ballots for a recall election in three weeks, fully aware that an impending court ruling involving the state senate race could turn all their ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge says voters should assume that all nine recall elections will go forward while lawsuits challenging their legitimacy are pending. Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess said at a hearing Wednesday that he anticipates ruling ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Attorneys are seeking to combine separate legal challenges seeking to invalidate efforts to recall nine Wisconsin state senators from office. Six Republicans have filed separate legal challenges seeking to overturn a decision by the Government Accountability ...

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A bill moving Wisconsin's presidential primary to April appears to be on the fast track after getting backing from both parties.

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg conceded defeat on Tuesday to conservative incumbent Justice David Prosser, saying she did not think a court would overturn the election results that were affirmed ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — JoAnne Kloppenburg is expected to announce whether she plans to challenge the recount results in her state Supreme Court race against Justice David Prosser. Kloppenburg has scheduled an 11 a.m. news conference Tuesday in Madison. Prosser ...

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