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Voters at the polls in Milwaukee and Madison expressed frustration and trepidation about voting in person today amid the coronavirus pandemic, but largely appeared to be taking it in stride. Several voters WisPolitics.com talked to had requested absentee ballots that
A split U.S. Supreme Court ruled late Monday that absentee ballots must be postmarked by Tuesday in order to be counted in Wisconsin’s spring election, adding yet another legal twist as voters decide the presidential primary, a Supreme Court race
The state Supreme Court Monday afternoon overturned Tony Evers’ order pushing back in-person voting until June, putting the spring election back on hours after he sought to delay it amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Evers’ order was enjoined in its entirety
Gov. Tony Evers, who has in the past suggested he doesn’t have the power to change tomorrow’s spring election date on his own, today issued an executive order pushing back in-person voting to June 9 to avoid exposing voters and
Wisconsin and national Republicans today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step into the fight over how absentee ballots will be handled in the state’s spring election amid the COVID-19 pandemic. After a federal appeals court rebuffed their request, Republicans
A federal appeals court Friday night denied emergency requests from Republicans to stay a judge’s ruling pushing back to April 13 the deadline for absentee ballots to be returned in Wisconsin’s spring election. The 7th Court of Appeals also rejected
Gov. Tony Evers this afternoon announced he is calling the Legislature into special session tomorrow to take up legislation that would allow an all-mail spring election. In a video posted to social media, Evers said he wants lawmakers to OK
As the state and national Republican parties moved to appeal a federal judge’s ruling pushing back the deadline for absentee ballots to be received and counted, the state Elections Commission deadlocked in a late-night meeting on whether to do the
Wisconsin may not know until mid-April who won the presidential primary or a seat on the state Supreme Court after a federal judge pushed back until April 13 the deadline for absentee ballots to be received and counted in the
Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, announced today she won’t seek reelection this fall, saying it was time to put her family first after two decades in the Legislature. Shilling said her two children are now in high school
The Democratic National Convention Committee announced today the party’s Milwaukee convention will be delayed until the week of August 17 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The convention had been slated to run from July 13-16. “In our current climate of
A federal judge lamented an increasing public health crisis that the Legislature and Gov. Tony Evers have “refused to accept as sincere enough to stop” Tuesday’s election. Still, U.S. Judge James Conley said yesterday he can’t act as a “super
Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly approve of the way Gov. Tony Evers has handled the COVID-19 pandemic, helping fuel higher overall job approval numbers, according to the latest Marquette University Law School Poll. Meanwhile, a narrow majority of voters approve of how
Gov. Tony Evers is recommending a federal judge order Wisconsin to conduct the April 7 ballot largely by mail while moving back deadlines for voters to request absentee ballots, as well as for clerks to receive and process them. The
Challenger Jill Karofsky outraised Justice Daniel Kelly more than 3-to-1 over the past six weeks, fueled in part by nearly $1.3 million in donations from the state Democratic Party, according to a WisPolitics.com check of their campaign finance reports. Karofsky,
A federal judge late today dismissed a suit Green Bay filed seeking changes to the April 7 election due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ruling he lacked jurisdiction. U.S. Judge William C. Griesbach noted cities are barred from suing their parent
Declaring “Wisconsin is in the midst of election chaos,” the state GOP late this afternoon asked the Supreme Court to rule county clerks don’t have the authority to allow all voters to escape the voter ID requirements for absentee voting
After repeatedly urging voters to request absentee ballots for the April 7 election to avoid going to the polls amid the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Tony Evers today called on the Legislature to change state law so all registered voters could
A coalition of groups has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to delay the April 7 election until at least after Gov. Tony Ever’s stay-at-home order expires. The suit, filed late yesterday, also wants the deadline pushed back to June 2
Madison Dems quickly expressed an interest in running for Sen. Fred Risser’s Senate seat after the 92-year-old announced he won’t seek reelection after more than six decades in the Legislature. But Rep. Chris Taylor, who had been considered a top
Voters at the polls in Milwaukee and Madison expressed frustration and trepidation about voting in person today amid the coronavirus pandemic, but largely appeared to be taking it in stride. Several voters WisPolitics.com talked to had requested absentee ballots that
A split U.S. Supreme Court ruled late Monday that absentee ballots must be postmarked by Tuesday in order to be counted in Wisconsin’s spring election, adding yet another legal twist as voters decide the presidential primary, a Supreme Court race
The state Supreme Court Monday afternoon overturned Tony Evers’ order pushing back in-person voting until June, putting the spring election back on hours after he sought to delay it amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Evers’ order was enjoined in its entirety
Gov. Tony Evers, who has in the past suggested he doesn’t have the power to change tomorrow’s spring election date on his own, today issued an executive order pushing back in-person voting to June 9 to avoid exposing voters and
Wisconsin and national Republicans today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step into the fight over how absentee ballots will be handled in the state’s spring election amid the COVID-19 pandemic. After a federal appeals court rebuffed their request, Republicans
A federal appeals court Friday night denied emergency requests from Republicans to stay a judge’s ruling pushing back to April 13 the deadline for absentee ballots to be returned in Wisconsin’s spring election. The 7th Court of Appeals also rejected
Gov. Tony Evers this afternoon announced he is calling the Legislature into special session tomorrow to take up legislation that would allow an all-mail spring election. In a video posted to social media, Evers said he wants lawmakers to OK
As the state and national Republican parties moved to appeal a federal judge’s ruling pushing back the deadline for absentee ballots to be received and counted, the state Elections Commission deadlocked in a late-night meeting on whether to do the
Wisconsin may not know until mid-April who won the presidential primary or a seat on the state Supreme Court after a federal judge pushed back until April 13 the deadline for absentee ballots to be received and counted in the
Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, announced today she won’t seek reelection this fall, saying it was time to put her family first after two decades in the Legislature. Shilling said her two children are now in high school
The Democratic National Convention Committee announced today the party’s Milwaukee convention will be delayed until the week of August 17 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The convention had been slated to run from July 13-16. “In our current climate of
A federal judge lamented an increasing public health crisis that the Legislature and Gov. Tony Evers have “refused to accept as sincere enough to stop” Tuesday’s election. Still, U.S. Judge James Conley said yesterday he can’t act as a “super
Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly approve of the way Gov. Tony Evers has handled the COVID-19 pandemic, helping fuel higher overall job approval numbers, according to the latest Marquette University Law School Poll. Meanwhile, a narrow majority of voters approve of how
Gov. Tony Evers is recommending a federal judge order Wisconsin to conduct the April 7 ballot largely by mail while moving back deadlines for voters to request absentee ballots, as well as for clerks to receive and process them. The
Challenger Jill Karofsky outraised Justice Daniel Kelly more than 3-to-1 over the past six weeks, fueled in part by nearly $1.3 million in donations from the state Democratic Party, according to a WisPolitics.com check of their campaign finance reports. Karofsky,
A federal judge late today dismissed a suit Green Bay filed seeking changes to the April 7 election due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ruling he lacked jurisdiction. U.S. Judge William C. Griesbach noted cities are barred from suing their parent
Declaring “Wisconsin is in the midst of election chaos,” the state GOP late this afternoon asked the Supreme Court to rule county clerks don’t have the authority to allow all voters to escape the voter ID requirements for absentee voting
After repeatedly urging voters to request absentee ballots for the April 7 election to avoid going to the polls amid the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Tony Evers today called on the Legislature to change state law so all registered voters could
A coalition of groups has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to delay the April 7 election until at least after Gov. Tony Ever’s stay-at-home order expires. The suit, filed late yesterday, also wants the deadline pushed back to June 2
Madison Dems quickly expressed an interest in running for Sen. Fred Risser’s Senate seat after the 92-year-old announced he won’t seek reelection after more than six decades in the Legislature. But Rep. Chris Taylor, who had been considered a top