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Jan 21, 2022

GOP investigator no longer wants to jail Wisconsin mayors

The Republican-hired investigator looking into Wisconsin's 2020 election is no longer seeking to jail the mayors of Green Bay and Madison for allegedly not complying with a subpoena he issued last year.

Jan 20, 2022

Wisconsin GOP lawmaker who questioned Biden win disciplined

The Wisconsin Republican Assembly leader disciplined a lawmaker on Thursday for falsely claiming that former President Donald Trump had won the battleground state and that he wanted to award the state's electoral votes to him, even though that is not possible.

Jan 19, 2022

Gableman subpoenas immigrant group for election records

The former state Supreme Court justice who Republicans hired to investigate the 2020 presidential election has filed a subpoena seeking election records from an immigrant rights group, the organization said Wednesday.

Jan 14, 2022

Michigan AG asks feds to investigate fake GOP electors

The Michigan attorney general is asking federal prosecutors to open a criminal investigation into 16 Republicans who submitted false certificates stating they were the state's presidential electors despite Joe Biden's 154,000-vote victory in 2020.

Jan 12, 2022

Wisconsin election commissioners balk at GOP data request

Members of the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission balked on Tuesday at a massive request for voter data and other information by six Republican state lawmakers but did not order the request — deemed "insane" by one commissioner — be denied.

Jan 5, 2022

Judge orders Vos to be questioned about election probe

A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday ordered that Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos sit for a deposition with attorneys for a liberal watchdog group seeking records related to the GOP-ordered investigation into the 2020 election.

Dec 23, 2021

Wisconsin lawsuit seeks reinstatement of 31,000 voters

The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to have the Wisconsin Elections Commission reinstate voter registrations for nearly 32,000 people who were deactivated this summer.

Nov 9, 2021

GOP-led Wisconsin Senate OKs their own redistricting plan

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin state Senate on Monday approved a redistricting plan similar to one passed a decade ago in an apparent attempt to hold the line on GOP majorities in the Legislature.

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Oct 25, 2021

Wisconsin audit finds elections are ‘safe and secure’

A highly anticipated nonpartisan audit of the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin released Friday did not identify any widespread fraud in the battleground state, which a key Republican legislative leader said shows its elections are "safe and secure."

Oct 22, 2021

Kaul seeks to block subpoenas in GOP election probe

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul asked a court to block subpoenas issued by an attorney hired by Republicans to lead an investigation into the 2020 presidential election that was won by President Joe Biden.

Oct 21, 2021

Wisconsin Republicans release redistricting plan

The Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature released their redistricting plans on Wednesday, maps that were immediately blasted as "rigged" because they are based largely on existing districts the GOP drew a decade ago and that solidified their majorities.

Oct 19, 2021

Wisconsin GOP leader defends keeping election records secret

Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Tuesday defended not releasing documents related to an ongoing investigation he ordered into the 2020 election, saying he believes the election was "tainted" but that President Joe Biden won.

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