The order came after Madison voters sued to have officials count ballots that arrived at the city on time but didn’t make it to the polls by 8 p.m. on Election Day.
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Hundreds of Wisconsin election offices not using cybersecurity best practices
Government entities have been pushing all election officials to use government domains, but that is a challenge for small jurisdictions with limited resources.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Elon Musk won’t face criminal charges for offering voters $1 million checks during 2025 Supreme Court election
Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Crowley said he was “befuddled” by the decision.
Posted inCommunity
Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects 2020 election investigator’s attempt to get voting eligibility records
In a 5-2 decision, the court affirmed that state law exempts Notices of Voting Eligibility from public records disclosure.
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Alleged Wisconsin fake elector accomplices plead not guilty as Trump seeks to rewrite 2020 election
The Wisconsin case is one of the last cases standing in the effort to prosecute those who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
Posted inCommunity
Lawsuit seeks to require Wisconsin clerks to let voters fix problems with their absentee ballots
State law currently says the practice is optional, which the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin argues leads to voters in different municipalities getting treated differently.
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Judge dismisses federal government’s lawsuit over Wisconsin voter records
The Department of Justice has sued 30 states for access to their voter data, and eight of those lawsuits have now been dismissed.
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The FBI is contacting Milwaukee and other Wisconsin election officials. Here’s what we know.
The probe comes as the Trump administration looks into how the 2020 election was conducted in several other states.
Posted inCommunity
Without a dedicated election committee, Wisconsin Senate lags on election policy
Of the 19 election bills that Votebeat has tracked this legislative session, 18 have gotten at least a public hearing in the Assembly, compared with nine in the Senate.
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Election officials draw on sobering 2020 lessons as Trump calls for nationalizing voting
Those who faced threats and pressure say the president’s legal authority may be limited, but the guardrails that once kept him in check aren’t as strong as they used to be.