Unified control of state government could reshape some voting rules before the 2028 presidential election.
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Milwaukee audit logs show no evidence of election fraud, experts say
Conspiracy theories circulated after the Milwaukee error in August, but logs of what happened reveal nothing askew.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
What to know about the US Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s mail ballot restrictions
A majority of justices said a lower court’s stay was premature, but legal and practical obstacles could still make it hard to put in place for November.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
An election night error overshadowed Milwaukee’s improvements at processing absentee ballots
After 15 hours of nearly flawless work in Wisconsin’s largest city on election night, a few minutes of human error delayed results.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Amid USPS delays, Wisconsin officials tell voters to mail their ballots ASAP as voters sue for more options
Wisconsin election officials are planning for the potential of mail ballot delivery delays by encouraging voters to mail back absentee ballots as soon as possible or return them some other way.
Posted inCommunity
Can Wisconsin voters void a returned absentee ballot? New lawsuit sends issue back to court
The Wisconsin Elections Commission said they can’t, contradicting its past guidance and legal arguments.
Posted inCommunity, Education, Public Safety & Criminal Justice
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, Government & Politics
The Trump administration’s multiple investigations of the 2020 election may have more to do with 2026
Some experts say the FBI’s probes in Wisconsin and elsewhere could be a test run to challenge future election results.
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.