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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The Wisconsin State Journal reports that in the event of a gubernatorial recall in Wisconsin, incumbents can raise unlimited amounts of money from individual donors within a specified window.
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On Friday, August 26 and Saturday, August 27, Midwest Democracy Network will be attending the Democracy Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. The conference will be covering many of the issues…
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Six Wisconsin State Senate seats are up for grabs today, as voters head to the polls for recall elections. All six races today feature Republican incumbents, and Democrats can take control of the state senate…
Election Law at Moritz has released From Registration to Recounts Revisited: Developments in the Election Ecosystems of Five Midwestern States, a review of the 2008 elections in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin, and…
This week’s Beyond the Network takes a look at some of the issues happening outside the Midwest, and provides a national perspective on some of the issues that Midwest Democracy Network covers. Read on, read on!
Lawmakers in Wisconsin have approved what Wisconsin Common Cause is calling the “most extreme” voter ID law in the nation. The new law would require voters to show photo ID at the polls, which they…
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