Milwaukee area State Assembly districts passed in 2011
A panel of federal judges in Wisconsin has declared that two state Assembly districts in the state redistricting map passed in 2011 must be redrawn. The two districts, (district 8 and district 9) located in the…
No Midwest Democracy Network states rank higher than 10th in a 50-state ranking of state transparency laws and corruption risk standards, and none received a higher grade than C. Michigan’s F grade ranks amongst the lowest in the country, while…
Responding to a lawsuit filed by Network partner League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, Judge Richard Neiss of the Dane County Circuit Court declared the state’s voter ID law unconstitutional and blocked its implementation permanently.…
The Campaign Finance Institute has published an article in the peer-reviewed Election Law Journal called “Small Donors, Big Democracy: New York City’s Matching Funds as a Model for the Nation and States.” Michael Malbin,…
A Wisconsin judge has blocked the state’s voter ID law, for now, via a temporary injunction. A trial is scheduled for April 16, at which point the judge will consider a permanent injunction. This also…
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The balance of the Wisconsin state senate was in question with six recall elections on August 9 and two more on August 16. All six elections last week involved Republican incumbents, with Democratic incumbents in both of this week’s races.…
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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…
[August 8: This entry was originally posted on August 2, but has been updated with additional information on ALEC’s impact in Minnesota, and with a national report from Common Cause] The Center for Media and Democracy has recently
Two Network partner groups have recently released reports showing current fundraising and spending trends in their states. PACs in Michigan have been ramping up the fundraising, even if totals showed slight decreases from previous election cycles. In Wisconsin, with recall…
This week, Congressional leaders in both the House (Representative Capuano) and Senate (Senators Menendez and Blumenthal) introduced the Shareholder Protection Act, legislation designed to give corporate shareholders more say in political donations that…
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