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Jul 31, 2023

Wisconsin judge dismisses lawsuit over military voting lists

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.

Wisconsin elections official
Jul 3, 2023

Battle over Wisconsin’s top elections official could have ripple effects for 2024

A fight over whether Wisconsin's top elections official will keep her job has potential implications for the 2024 presidential contest in a perennial battleground where statewide margins are typically razor thin.

May 15, 2023

Dane County Judge: Lawsuit against fake Trump electors to proceed

A Dane County judge on Monday refused to break up a lawsuit filed against 10 fake electors for former President Donald Trump and two of his attorneys, saying the case could proceed in the county where it was filed.

Apr 6, 2023

Walker slams Democrats as they celebrate Supreme Court victory and two mayoral elections in Racine and Green Bay

Cory Mason and Eric Genrich on Tuesday night were reelected mayors of Racine and Green Bay respectively.

Feb 21, 2023

Village moves voting after gunshot closes polls

A gunshot fired outside of a polling site Tuesday forced elections officials in a small Wisconsin village to move to their backup voting location, a county election official said.

Feb 20, 2023

Judge OKs ballot measures for April election

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.

Feb 17, 2023

Security experts warn of foreign cyber threat to 2024 voting

Top state election and cybersecurity officials on Thursday warned about threats posed by Russia and other foreign adversaries ahead of the 2024 elections, noting that America's decentralized system of thousands of local voting jurisdictions creates a particular vulnerability.

Feb 13, 2023

Evers’ budget pushes automatic registration, voting changes

Wisconsin drivers would be automatically registered to vote under Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' executive budget, the governor's office announced Monday.

Feb 9, 2023

US Supreme Court might have easy outs on elections, immigration

The U.S. Supreme Court soon could find itself with easy ways out of two high-profile cases involving immigration and elections, if indeed the justices are looking to avoid potentially messy, divisive decisions.

Feb 3, 2023

Bill would clarify bail amendment set for Wisconsin ballot

As promised, Wisconsin Republicans have circulated legislation that specifies which crimes would be included in a proposed constitutional amendment to make it harder for violent criminal defendants to go free on bail.

Gableman ordered to not delete records
Feb 3, 2023

Public still paying for fraud probe records fights

Many people in Wisconsin are under the impression that the disastrous probe into the state’s 2020 presidential election conducted by former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman is over, as are its costs to taxpayers. They’re wrong.

Feb 2, 2023

Wisconsin’s largest vote audit finds no machine errors

The Wisconsin Election Commission unanimously approved on Thursday the results of a hand-count audit of the November election, which found that voting machines worked as intended.

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