Kennedy to appeal judge’s ruling keeping him on Wisconsin ballot

Judge Stephen Ehlke based his ruling on a state law that doesn’t allow candidates who file nomination papers to withdraw them. That statute only allows a candidate to be removed from the ballot due to death, and Ehlke found Kennedy was essentially asking the court to create an exception to that requirement for him.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for Sept. 13

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss results from the latest Marquette University Law School poll, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lawsuit to be removed from Wisconsin’s ballot, state Supreme Court hearings in two voting-related lawsuits and more.

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State DOJ argues Kennedy too late in filing suit to be removed from Wisconsin’s ballot

The state DOJ argued in a new filing with the 2nd District Court of Appeals that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. waited too long to file his suit seeking to be removed from Wisconsin ballots with printing already underway. What’s more, the filing argues Kennedy’s suggestion to affix stickers to ballots to block out his name isn’t allowed under state law and would be a “logistical nightmare.”

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Karofsky questions motives of those seeking records on residents judged incompetent

Liberal Justice Jill Karofsky questioned the intent of a group seeking records of those who have been judged incompetent, suggesting the Wisconsin Voter Alliance was trying to create fear of “some sort of illegitimacy” with state elections. Meanwhile, Conservative Justice Brian Hagedorn during Tuesday’s oral arguments said regardless of the motives of any public records request, he questioned if the records being sought were even subject to the open records law.

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Kennedy to appeal judge’s ruling keeping him on Wisconsin ballot

Judge Stephen Ehlke based his ruling on a state law that doesn’t allow candidates who file nomination papers to withdraw them. That statute only allows a candidate to be removed from the ballot due to death, and Ehlke found Kennedy was essentially asking the court to create an exception to that requirement for him.

Read More »

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Sept. 13

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss results from the latest Marquette University Law School poll, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lawsuit to be removed from Wisconsin’s ballot, state Supreme Court hearings in two voting-related lawsuits and more.

Read More »

State DOJ argues Kennedy too late in filing suit to be removed from Wisconsin’s ballot

The state DOJ argued in a new filing with the 2nd District Court of Appeals that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. waited too long to file his suit seeking to be removed from Wisconsin ballots with printing already underway. What’s more, the filing argues Kennedy’s suggestion to affix stickers to ballots to block out his name isn’t allowed under state law and would be a “logistical nightmare.”

Read More »

Karofsky questions motives of those seeking records on residents judged incompetent

Liberal Justice Jill Karofsky questioned the intent of a group seeking records of those who have been judged incompetent, suggesting the Wisconsin Voter Alliance was trying to create fear of “some sort of illegitimacy” with state elections. Meanwhile, Conservative Justice Brian Hagedorn during Tuesday’s oral arguments said regardless of the motives of any public records request, he questioned if the records being sought were even subject to the open records law.

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