Wisconsin Elections Commission

Apr 13, 2020

With results due in Wisconsin election, voters file lawsuit

Municipal clerks throughout Wisconsin on Monday were scheduled to start tallying votes from last week's chaotic presidential primary, a count that was delayed for several days by the legal struggle over whether to postpone the election due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Apr 13, 2020

Liberal Karofsky wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat (UPDATE)

The political leanings of Wisconsin's Supreme Court could change Monday night with the expected release of results from last week's election held during the coronavirus pandemic, an acrimonious race that generated record spending from outside liberal and conservative groups.

Apr 8, 2020

Wisconsin voters forced to choose between health, democracy

If Wisconsin was a test case for voting in the age of the coronavirus, it did not go well for many voters. Thousands were forced to congregate for hours in long lines on Tuesday with no protective gear. Thousands more stayed home, unwilling to risk their health and unable to be counted because requested absentee ballots never arrived.

Apr 2, 2020

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.

Mar 30, 2020

Wisconsin commission won’t investigate 2 county clerks

The Wisconsin Elections Commission will not investigate two county clerks for encouraging absentee voters who plan to say home because of the coronavirus outbreak to use a provision to avoid the state's photo ID requirement.

Mar 26, 2020

GOP asks permission to oppose Democrats’ election lawsuit

The Republican National Committee and the state Republican Party have asked a federal judge to let them officially oppose a lawsuit brought by Democrats who want to ease voting regulations for Wisconsin's spring election because of the coronavirus.

Mar 25, 2020

Frustration over refusal to delay election spurs lawsuit

Local officials' frustration with Gov. Tony Evers' refusal to order any changes to Wisconsin's presidential primary to protect people from the coronavirus reached new heights as the city of Green Bay sued to stop in-person voting and leaders in River Falls questioned how the election can proceed.

Mar 20, 2020

GOP seeks to toss Democratic Wisconsin election lawsuit

Republican state lawmakers in Wisconsin asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Democrats that seeks to loosen the state's election laws for the upcoming April 7 presidential primary to deal with problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Mar 18, 2020

Top Wisconsin official: Spring election fraught with difficulties

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.

Mar 11, 2020

Wisconsin voter purge case appealed to state Supreme Court

A conservative law firm asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn an appeals court ruling that stopped the purging of more than 200,000 people from the state's voter rolls, a step that Democrats argued was intended to make it harder for their voters to cast ballots.

Feb 28, 2020

Wisconsin court overturns ruling ordering voter purge

A Wisconsin appeals court on Friday overturned a ruling that ordered the removal of up to 209,000 people from the state's voter rolls.

Feb 27, 2020