Contact: Jamie Mara | (920) 209-3990 | jmara@voiceofmilk.com GREEN BAY, Wis. — Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, one of the largest dairy co-ops in the country, continues to urge the U.S. Department of Agriculture to act quickly to help farmers and people struggling to afford food during the national emergency caused by COVID-19. In a letter sent on Friday to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, Edge laid out three areas the cooperative sees as critical as the USDA considers how to apply relief from money allocated under the CARES Act economic stimulus package. Direct financial relief to dairy farmers, including losses by farmers who have had to

MEDIA CONTACT Nate Nelson, American Majority Action E-mail: nate@am-action.org American Majority Action Spurring Conservative Absentee Voting April 13, 2020 – With a tight margin in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Election, American Majority Action (AMA)’s 145,000 Live Voter Touches and 35,500 Live Voting Conversations were critical to turning out the conservative vote.  AMA led the fight to get conservatives to request their absentee ballots and vote early, helping thousands of conservatives to get their ballots and send them in. Nate Nelson, the Wisconsin Executive Director of American Majority Action, said, “While the Liberals tried to create chaos with this election by changing the

After Judge Jill Karofsky’s victory in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election, DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement: “In the face of unprecedented voter suppression efforts by Republicans, Judge Karofsky has won the Supreme Court race — a result that speaks to Democrats’ incredible enthusiasm advantage and should terrify Donald Trump and every other Wisconsin Republican. I know Judge Karofsky will be fair and make decisions based on the rule of law, not a hyper-partisan agenda. Wisconsinites will be well-served with her sound judgement. “This victory comes despite Republicans’ best attempts to steal this election. In the middle of a

Contact: Courtney Beyer, courtneyb@wisdems.org MADISON — The following is a statement from Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler on Judge Jill Karofsky’s election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court: “Tonight, despite the GOP’s savage and shameful attempt to suppress votes and steal Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election, Judge Jill Karofsky prevailed. It’s a victory for justice and democracy in an election that should never have taken place in person. “We’re grateful to Judge Jill Karofsky for stepping up to run in a very difficult race against a relentless GOP machine, and congratulate her on the hard-earned win. Judge Karofsky has been

Contact  Sam Roecker: sam@jillforjustice.com or (515) 782-1951 MILWAUKEE, WI – Judge Jill Karofsky released the following statement following the release of election results this evening, showing her victory in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race: “I want to send a heartfelt thank you to the hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites who made their voice heard in this unprecedented election. I’m honored to have earned the trust of people across this state who believe in a tough, fair, and independent judiciary and I promise to never forget these principles as their Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice. “I also want to thank my family, including my two

“Today is the day crime victims across Wisconsin have long been waiting for – the day victims have equal rights in court. Since I first started working in the Legislature, making sure crime victims are treated fairly by the criminal justice process has been one of my top priorities. Marsy’s Law is the pinnacle of those efforts. I am pleased to know that the people of Wisconsin agree that crime victims deserve to be treated with equal rights under the law. I was blessed to work with some great people on this journey, including my lead co-authors, Senator Tim Carpenter,

Waiver authority gives localities and Tribes control in dealing with COVID-19 in communities MADISON, Wisc. – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is granting Public Housing Authorities (PHA), Indian Tribes, and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) waiver authorities and ultimate flexibilities so agency staff can focus on assisting their tenants and properties during the COVID-19 pandemic. HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing provides housing assistance to approximately 3.5 million families across the country. “During difficult times, it is reasonable to expect standard operations and various aspects of ordinary life to be hindered, altered, or upended all together, but

Contact: DOA Communications DOACommunications@wisconsin.gov MADISON—The State Capitol will be open to the public beginning at noon on April 14, 2020 for the scheduled Assembly Legislative Session that is currently scheduled at 1:00 p.m. The State Capitol will then be closed to the public again one hour following the session. The Session will be broadcast live through WisconsinEye at wiseye.org. Interested individuals are encouraged to take advantage of WisconsinEye from the comfort of their homes and in alignment with the “Safer at Home” order. For members of the public who have limited technological access, the Session will be broadcast in the Capitol Rotunda

Contact: Myranda Tanck mt@platform-communications.com Measure provides equal rights for crime victims; law now covers almost 134 million Americans MADISON – Wisconsin voters, in a historic election that saw more than a million people cast ballots despite the COVID-19 pandemic, overwhelmingly approved Marsy’s Law, ensuring that equal rights for crime victims are enumerated in the state constitution. Wisconsin joins Pennsylvania, Nevada, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ohio, California, Illinois, North Dakota, and South Dakota in passing Marsy’s Law, ensuring that more than 40% of Americans now live in states that have rights they can assert in the criminal justice system should they ever

(MADISON, WI) — Following widespread reports of absentee ballots being returned to election officials by the USPS with either no postmarks, illegible postmarks, or postmarks without dates, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s legal counsel has sent a letter to the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) with suggested guidance on how best to count such ballots.  This guidance is in accord with WEC staff’s guidance and the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week in Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee which, in creating a brand-new postmark requirement, emphasized the importance of counting ballots that were voted on or before election day. The