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Report highlights voting inequities in tribal communities
Native American voting rights advocates are cautioning against states moving to mail-in ballots without opportunities for tribal members to vote safely in person.
Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear voter purge case
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case seeking to purge about 129,000 voter registrations from the rolls ahead of the November presidential election after previously deadlocking on whether to get involved.
Supreme Court assumes jurisdiction over lawsuit over clerk’s absentee-voter advice
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has assumed jurisdiction over a lawsuit involving a Dane County clerk's advice to voters to mark themselves as indefinitely confined because of the governor's stay-at-home order to get around Wisconsin's photo ID requirement.
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin names new executive director
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.
Evers signs order setting up new redistricting commission (UPDATE)
Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order Monday creating a nonpartisan commission to draw new legislative maps next year for the Legislature to consider, a step Republicans have rejected as a sham.
Voter purge ruling appealed to state Supreme Court
A conservative law firm on Tuesday asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reverse a lower court's order putting on hold a ruling that would have forced the removal of up to 209,000 people from the state's voter rolls.
Wisconsin Senate gives OK to taking selfies with ballot (UPDATE)
Wisconsin voters could legally take selfies with their marked election ballots under a bill the state Senate approved Tuesday.
WILL president ‘a bit angry’ about cartoon depicting him as executioner
Rick Esenberg, president and general counsel of the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, said he was initially "a bit angry" after seeing a political cartoon depicting him as an executioner with several nooses. The Cap Times, a Madison newspaper, published the cartoon this week in response to WILL's lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Committee.
Wisconsin judge orders up to 209K voter names be deleted (UPDATE)
A Wisconsin judge on Monday found the state's election commission to be in contempt and ordered the bipartisan panel to immediately begin removing up to 209,000 names from the state's voter rolls or face hundreds of dollars in fines for each day they don't.
Wisconsin celebrating women’s right to vote
Wisconsin is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the state's ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
Proposal would allow electronic voting in State Bar elections
Wisconsin’s mandatory bar association recently filed a rule-change proposal that would allow its members to vote electronically in elections.
Wisconsin’s early voting limit challenged in federal court (UPDATE)
The fight over restricting early voting in Wisconsin is headed back to federal court.
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