Redistricting Decisions Will Reshape Legislative Maps in Wisconsin and Michigan
Michigan and Wisconsin will have new legislative maps in time for the 2024 elections after two separate courts handed down rulings in late December.
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Wisconsin Republicans Begin Effort to Abolish Bipartisan Elections Commission
Wisconsin Senate Elections Committee Chairman Dan Knodl (R) and 10 Assembly Republicans have introduced legislation to abolish the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC), the latest step in Republicans’ continued attacks on Wisconsin elections.
What Happened in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Redistricting Oral Argument
This morning the Wisconsin Supreme Court held oral argument in a legislative redistricting lawsuit to determine if the state Assembly and Senate maps need to be redrawn ahead of 2024.
Wisconsin Legislators Send Mixed Bag of Election Bills To Governor
Yesterday, Wisconsin legislators passed a series of election bills and two constitutional amendments that will be put on the ballot next year.
Wisconsin Republicans Advance Impeachment Articles Against Top Elections Official
Yesterday, in the wake of a multimedia pressure campaign launched by an election denier-run group, Wisconsin’s Speaker of the Assembly Robin Vos (R) advanced an impeachment resolution for the state’s top elections official, Meagan Wolfe.
Wisconsin Republicans Walk Back Efforts to Impeach Newly Elected State Supreme Court Justice Protasiewicz
On Thursday, Oct. 12, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) and fellow Republicans indicated that they would walk back their impeachment crusade against liberal state Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Legal Challenge To State Legislative Districts
On Friday, Oct. 6, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a 4-3 decision agreeing to hear a legal challenge to the state’s legislative maps that were drawn following the release of 2020 census data.
Wisconsin GOP-Led Committee Votes To Remove Dem-Appointed Elections Commissioner
On Tuesday, Oct. 3, Republicans on the Wisconsin state Senate’s elections committee voted along party lines against confirming Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ (D) appointment of Joseph Czarnezki, a former Milwaukee County clerk and former Democratic state Senator, to the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC).
Wisconsin Voters File Federal Lawsuit Over Absentee Ballot Witness Requirement
On Monday, Oct. 2, four individual Wisconsin voters filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Wisconsin law that requires absentee voters to complete their ballots in the presence of a witness who can attest to the voter’s eligibility.
In Wisconsin, Five Election Denier Assembly Members Circulate Impeachment Resolution Against WEC’s Meagan Wolfe
On Thursday, Sept. 21, five Republican members of the Wisconsin Assembly circulated a resolution with 15 articles of impeachment for the state’s top election official, Meagan Wolfe.