A Waukesha County judge is preparing to hear arguments in a lawsuit that will determine how the state elections board handles petition signatures.

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Groups working to recall Republican officials have asked an appeals court to block an order denying them permission to join a lawsuit over how the state should verify petition signatures.

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Recall groups targeting several Republican officials won't be allowed to intervene in a lawsuit that will determine how the state elections board handles petition signatures, a Waukesha County judge ruled Thursday.

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Just when you thought it was safe, more disappointing news came out this month about our state Supreme Court.

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Waukesha attorney Jennifer Dorow is the new Branch 2 Judge in the Waukesha County Circuit Court.

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Madison (AP) - A government watchdog group is requesting another investigation into Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman for accepting free legal services from a law firm with cases before the high court.

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Gov. Scott Walker's campaign and the Wisconsin Republican Party have filed a lawsuit that says the state elections board's process for reviewing petitions on recall petitions is unconstitutional.

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The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, claiming Wisconsin's new voter identification law imposes a severe burden on the right to vote — the second lawsuit filed in the last two months.

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Changes in procedure made after the Waukesha County clerk failed to report thousands of votes in this spring's Wisconsin Supreme Court election were set to be approved by the state board that oversees elections.

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A federal appeals court has struck down a Wisconsin law limiting how much any one person can donate to independent political action groups.

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Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Elsa Lamelas will not seek another term on the bench.

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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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MILWAUKEE (AP) – A federal judge has struck down Wisconsin campaign disclosure laws that required a Whitewater man to register before distributing flyers and postcards about a referendum. The laws require anyone who spends $25 to influence a referendum to ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Wisconsin attorney general’s office is being asked for a legal opinion on whether a recall targeting the governor would also include the lieutenant governor. The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board on Monday voted to ask for ...

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s new law requiring photo identification be shown at the polls will be filed in the next week or two, the head of the state ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The board that oversees elections in Wisconsin is asking the attorney general to issue a legal opinion on whether a recall targeting the governor would also include the lieutenant governor. Wisconsin Government Accountability Board director Kevin ...

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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A rule designed to regulate those nasty campaign ads that flood Wisconsin air waves every fall could stifle political speech across the state, an attorney for a coalition of conservative groups ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser will not hear a campaign finance case being argued next week by the attorney who represented him in a recount of his election victory. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Friday ...

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruling could lead to even more spending in Wisconsin’s recall elections. A 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Monday that the state’s $10,000 annual contribution ...

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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A panel of federal judges in Milwaukee refused Thursday to wade into Wisconsin’s political redistricting fight, rejecting a request to take over the process from lawmakers. The court fight over the ...

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Now that a bipartisan proposal to appoint — rather than elect — Wisconsin Supreme Court justices is before the Legislature, a slew of readers want to know more.

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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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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state insurance commissioner Ted Nickel and nine other donors to Republican Gov. Scott Walker have been accused of breaking the state’s campaign finance law. Watchdog group the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign filed a complaint Wednesday with ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Dane County judge has ruled that a Republican state lawmaker can’t have his name added to the ballot for an upcoming recall election. Judge Richard Niess ruled against Rep. John Nygren of Marinette on Friday ...

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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 Dane County judge will hear arguments this week in the case of a Republican state lawmaker who says his name should be on the ballot in an upcoming recall election. Rep. John Nygren of Marinette ...

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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) — An attorney representing three Democratic state senators targeted for recalls does not support combining their lawsuit against the Government Accountability Board with lawsuits filed by six Republican senators. A motion was filed Tuesday by the state ...

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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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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The recent recount in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race between Justice David Prosser and challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg cost counties more than $500,000, an Associated Press survey found. The AP queried election ...

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