Network partners at the Brennan Center and Justice At Stake wrote an op-ed for Reuters on the threats to the judicial system. Adam Skaggs and Bert Brandenburg write about Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s outspoken attacks against judges who make decisions…
The Wausau Daily Herald highlights some of the real life stories behind voter ID, including an 84 year old woman who now needs an ID to vote but never has needed one before. The article quotes Andrea Kaminski, executive director…
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Network partner Wisconsin Democracy Campaign has filed a complaint with the state Government Accountability Board regarding twenty-nine campaign contributors who exceeded state contribution limits in 2010. The donors contributed between $10,200 and $16,150 to individual candidates,…
Today, Network partners Justice at Stake and Brennan Center for Justice, along with the National Institute on Money in State Politics, released a report, The New Politics of Judicial Elections, which provides an overview of some of the major…
Network partner League of Women Voters of Wisconsin has filed a lawsuit against a new state law requiring voters to show a photo ID when they go to the polls. The challenge asserts that under the Wisconsin state constitution, people…
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Vote totals in Wisconsin changed dramatically as uncounted votes from Waukesha County broke heavily for the incumbent Justice David Prosser.Over 14,000 votes from Waukesha County went unreported in official tallies, with the error being first recognized on Thursday. County…
Updating some of the stories that we have been keeping up with, there has been some movement in Wisconsin and Ohio.In Wisconsin this morning, the state’s Department of Administration said that they would not comply with…
According to Common Cause in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin State Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections is scheduled to hold an executive session on Senate Bill 6—legislation that would require voters in Wisconsin to show…
The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Education Fund and Common Cause Wisconsin released statements opposing a proposed bill that would require residents to present government-issued photo identification to be allowed to vote.
The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Education Fund is calling on state legislators to reject a new bill requiring voters to provide a state-issued photo ID.“The claim that voter ID…
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