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Complaint charges Milwaukee election official with fraud (UPDATE)
A former Milwaukee elections official charged Friday with sending fake military ballots to a Republican legislator who has advanced election fraud conspiracy theories told investigators she did it because she wanted to expose real vulnerabilities in Wisconsin elections, according to a criminal complaint.
Judge: Green Bay clerk must expand poll watcher access
A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday ordered a clerk in Green Bay to grant poll watchers greater access to in-person absentee voting, siding with Republicans who alleged the clerk was improperly allowing them to only view certain parts of process.
Wisconsin courts won’t change rules for absentee ballots
A Wisconsin appeals court and a circuit judge this week shot down attempts backed by liberals seeking orders that local election clerks must accept absentee ballots that contain partial addresses of witnesses.
Abortion access could hinge on state election results
The online commercials in a state Senate race in some Raleigh, North Carolina, suburbs make an ominous claim, similar to one repeated across the country ahead of the Nov. 8 election: The Republican candidate "wants to strip away our reproductive rights."
Ballot Facebook photo results in felony charge
A man accused of posting his marked election ballot on social media has been charged with a felony that carries possible incarceration if he's convicted in what a Wisconsin prosecutor calls a "test case."
Poll workers train for conflict: ‘A little nervous? I am.’
Milwaukee's top election official surveyed about 20 poll workers gathered in a classroom in a city building stuffed with election supplies, then spoke frankly about the tense environment they may face next week when the city expects more people watching their work than ever before.
Ballot spoiling off the table after court upholds ban (UPDATE)
A Wisconsin appeals court is refusing to block a lower court's ruling banning the practice known as ballot spoiling, which allows voters who already submitted an absentee ballot to void it and vote again.
Election Day is Nov. 8, but legal challenges already begin
Election Day is 12 days away. But in courtrooms across the country, efforts to sow doubt over the outcome have already begun.
Wisconsin judge won’t allow partial addresses on ballots
A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday rejected an attempt backed by liberals to allow absentee ballots containing an incomplete witness address to be counted, saying that would disrupt the status quo and cause confusion with voting underway less than two weeks before Election Day.
Early in-person voting starts in Wisconsin amid lawsuits (UPDATE)
In-person early voting began Tuesday in battleground Wisconsin amid ongoing lawsuits affecting which ballots can be counted or tossed, recently ordered bans on drop boxes, and restrictions on who can return ballots.
Wisconsin Elections Commission deadlocks on poll watchers
The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission couldn't agree Monday on what to tell the state's local election officials about how to handle poll watchers, including where they can stand as people register to vote and check in to receive their ballots.
Absentee ballot spoiling court ruling put on hold
A Wisconsin appeals court on Monday put on hold a lower court's ruling from last week prohibiting voters from canceling their original absentee ballot and casting a new one, blocking at least temporarily the order sought by a conservative group founded by prominent Republicans.
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