New Wisconsin voter ID requirements led to longer lines and increased confusion during August recall elections, says Network partner League of Women Voters Wisconsin in a new report. League volunteers who monitored polling sites across the state during recall elections…
Network Partner Brennan Center for Justice has released a guide to new voter laws that go into effect in 2012.The report, Voting Law Changes in 2012, finds that more…
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Network partner Wisconsin Democracy Campaign has issued a new, final assessment on the record spending in this year’s state recall elections. Between special interest groups, political committees, and candidates, a record $43.9 million was…
Bert Brandenburg of Network Partner Justice at Stake
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser has recused himself from an upcoming case, which involves a lawyer who previously represented Justice Prosser in his recount efforts during the last State Supreme Court election earlier this…
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The Sunlight Foundation is shining a light on state transparency rollbacks this week. In the wake of some state governors advocating for, or signing new laws and policies that restrict public access to government information, the Foundation is
Late on Wednesday, the Wisconsin State Senate passed a modified version of the “budget repair bill” removing the fiscal items and passing a bill to strip collective bargaining rights from some public unions in the state. Previously, because the bill…
CHICAGO — Midwest Democracy Network partner organizations today issued a statement in response to the historical demonstrations taking place in Madison, Wisconsin, and our states’ common fiscal crisis. Statement In Support of People’s Rights and Our…
The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign today announced it will launch a “Citizen Vigil for the Greater Good” on days when the Legislature is in session to keep a constant spotlight on special interest influence over lawmaking…
From the sweltering Mississippi of 1964’s “Freedom Summer” to Washington’s marbled corridors of power to the rough-and-tumble of Illinois politics, Larry Hansen devoted his nearly 50-year career to making American democracy work better. Hansen, vice president of the Joyce Foundation…
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In Support of People’s Rights and Our Democratic Process - 2011
Midwest reform groups declare support for demonstrators protesting…
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Census and Redistricting - 2009-2010
Midwest a hotspot for census, redistricting efforts
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