The Wisconsin Elections Commission gave final approval to a mailing that will put application forms for absentee ballots in the hands of 2.7 million registered voters ahead of the November presidential election.

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A federal judge in Wisconsin on Wednesday declined a request by Republicans to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Democrats seeking changes in the law to make it easier to vote in the August state primary and November presidential elections.

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The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted Wednesday to mail absentee ballot applications to most voters in the battleground state ahead of November's presidential election.

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Wisconsin election officials were moving Wednesday to vote on a plan to mail absentee ballot applications to voters who haven't requested one, a step that could incur President Donald Trump's wrath after he had threatened to pull funding from states that have adopted similar measures.

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Advocates for people with disabilities and minority voters in Wisconsin filed a sweeping federal lawsuit Monday asking a judge to order that more poll workers be hired, every voter in the state receive an absentee-ballot application and a host of other changes be made to ensure the August primary and November presidential election can be held safely amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Wisconsin could face a litany of problems if it holds its spring election as scheduled despite the coronavirus outbreak, including a possible disruption in mail service interfering with absentee voting, a lack of polling sites and the risk of exposing elderly poll workers and voters to the disease, the state's chief elections officer said in a memo released Wednesday.

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Elections officials in the four states holding presidential primaries next week say they have no plans to postpone voting amid widespread disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Instead, they are taking extraordinary steps to ensure that voters can cast ballots and keep polling places clean.

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Wisconsin election officials plan to debate Thursday how to spend a new $7.8 million grant for election security, the second major influx of federal dollars to help local clerks fend off hackers in two years.

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The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin named Debra Cronmiller as its new executive director. Cronmiller replaces Erin Grunze, who resigned to spend more time with her young family.

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The Wisconsin Department of Justice on Tuesday appealed a judge's order to immediately purge voter registrations of more than 200,000 people in this narrowly divided swing state, which is central to President Donald Trump's re-election hopes.

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Wisconsin elections officials scaled back a plan on Tuesday to buy scores of new loaner computers for local clerks who are using outdated systems that are vulnerable to cyberattacks, saying the proposal is too expensive.

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Wisconsin’s mandatory bar association recently filed a rule-change proposal that would allow its members to vote electronically in elections.

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Local clerks are balking at Republican plans to move Wisconsin's 2020 presidential primary, saying the proposed change would lead to so many headaches it would be impossible to carry out.

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A judge scheduled an emergency hearing Tuesday following a late-night request from the Wisconsin Department of Justice to delay an order requiring Gov. Scott Walker to call special elections for a pair of vacant legislative seats.

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The U.S. Supreme Court is keeping in place a revised map of Pennsylvania's congressional districts, turning down a request from Republican leaders in the state Legislature.

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Wisconsin elections officials said Friday that they'll sell some voter information to a presidential commission investigating election fraud, but some data are off-limits.

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Green Bay's mayor is facing criminal charges of violating state election law.

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Forty-four judges’ seats are up for election Tuesday in Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin officials decided Monday to move ahead with elections that will allow school workers to decide if their unions should retain the last shred of negotiating power Republican Gov. Scott Walker left them.

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Despite concerns that the move might be “only political” in nature, an Assembly committee on Thursday voted in favor of a measure that would amend Wisconsin’s constitution to require biennial elections of the state’s chief justice.

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Recent proposals to limit or abolish state Supreme Court elections attempt to remedy public perception that the high court is a political hotbed.

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The nonpartisan board that oversees elections in Wisconsin too often favors Democrats and needs to be reconstituted, perhaps with a more partisan model like what previously existed, incoming Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said Monday.

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New rules simplifying and speeding up the process for union organizing elections went into effect April 30.

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Two Milwaukee voting districts were revised Wednesday in favor of Democrats and an immigrant-rights group, concluding a federal lawsuit over the constitutionality of the state's newest election maps.

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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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Of the 12 contested circuit court elections this year in Wisconsin, eight will feature challenges to incumbent judges.

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Several months after first proposing sweeping changes to streamline the union representation election process in June – the so-called “quickie election” rules – the National Labor Relations Board has approved a more modest, scaled back set of reforms.

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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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Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson recently indicated in a memo to her colleagues that she wants her Wisconsin Supreme Court to be more transparent.

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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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