The Republican Governors Association today pledged to spend $6.2 million on Wisconsin’s race this fall. The group said the buy will begin Sept. 7 and run through the Nov. 8 election across five media markets: Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison,
Former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman urged the state Legislature to “take a hard look” at decertifying the state’s electoral votes for Joe Biden despite opinions from the Legislature’s non-partisan attorneys that it’s not possible. Still, the report Gableman presented
The Wisconsin Elections Commission’s technology director picked apart a series of claims about the state’s voter rolls that he said were false, misleading and based on a fundamental lack of understanding about how WisVote works. Robert Kehoe kicked off his
Acting Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and former Ald. Bob Donovan advanced to the April election to lead the state’s largest city after finishing in the top two spots of the seven-person field. Johnson said in a victory speech he wants
GOP state Rep. Samantha Kerkman will be on the April ballot for Kenosha County exec after finishing second in a three-way race. Kenosha County Clerk of Circuit Courts Rebecca Matoska-Mentink finished first at 44.4 percent, with all precincts reporting. Kerkman
The Racine County sheriff says he’s contacted the district attorneys in the home counties of five state Elections commissioners he wants charged with felonies after his own DA decided she lacked jurisdiction to prosecute them. Sheriff Christopher Schmaling also again
GOP state Rep. Tim Ramthun, who has unsuccessfully sought to rescind Wisconsin’s electoral votes for Joe Biden, formally announced his campaign for guv today, proclaiming he isn’t a conspiracy theorist but “the truth.” Appearing at Kewaskum High School, Ramthun announced
The Racine County DA today declined to charge five members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission for suspending a requirement that clerks send special voting deputies to assisted care facilities before mailing absentee ballots. Racine County DA Patricia Hanson wrote in
GOP state Rep. Tim Ramthun has registered with the state to run for guv, the latest step as he prepares for a formal campaign launch. Ramthun, R-Campbellsport, again didn’t return calls yesterday from WisPolitics.com as he gears up for a
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Executive Director Matt Rothschild says a series of Republican-authored election bills would hog-tie the Wisconsin Elections Commission by nit-picking and hyper-monitoring the commission. Republicans introduced a series of bills they say are aimed at addressing election integrity
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he asked LRB for an opinion on whether the Legislature had the ability to change Wisconsin’s electoral votes after the 2020 election — but only so he could share it with members and constituents who
GOP lawmakers are circulating five election-related bills, including one that would allow the Joint Finance Committee to punish four state agencies if they failed to comply with certain elections laws. The bills that began circulating yesterday also include one from
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson pulled in less money during the fourth quarter than three of his Dem rivals, according to their filings with the FEC. Still, the Oshkosh Republican also had at least $1 million more in the bank than
Dean Knudson, a Republican commissioner on the Wisconsin Elections Commission, is rebuffing calls to resign. The calls have come amid increased scrutiny targeting state election officials and the Racine County sheriff saying they be criminally charged. “It was a shame
A split state Supreme Court late today decided to allow unmanned absentee ballot drop boxes to be used in the Feb. 15 primary. But it also agreed to take over a case that will decide whether they should be allowed
The Republican Governors Association today pledged to spend $6.2 million on Wisconsin’s race this fall. The group said the buy will begin Sept. 7 and run through the Nov. 8 election across five media markets: Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison,
Former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman urged the state Legislature to “take a hard look” at decertifying the state’s electoral votes for Joe Biden despite opinions from the Legislature’s non-partisan attorneys that it’s not possible. Still, the report Gableman presented
The Wisconsin Elections Commission’s technology director picked apart a series of claims about the state’s voter rolls that he said were false, misleading and based on a fundamental lack of understanding about how WisVote works. Robert Kehoe kicked off his
Acting Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and former Ald. Bob Donovan advanced to the April election to lead the state’s largest city after finishing in the top two spots of the seven-person field. Johnson said in a victory speech he wants
GOP state Rep. Samantha Kerkman will be on the April ballot for Kenosha County exec after finishing second in a three-way race. Kenosha County Clerk of Circuit Courts Rebecca Matoska-Mentink finished first at 44.4 percent, with all precincts reporting. Kerkman
The Racine County sheriff says he’s contacted the district attorneys in the home counties of five state Elections commissioners he wants charged with felonies after his own DA decided she lacked jurisdiction to prosecute them. Sheriff Christopher Schmaling also again
GOP state Rep. Tim Ramthun, who has unsuccessfully sought to rescind Wisconsin’s electoral votes for Joe Biden, formally announced his campaign for guv today, proclaiming he isn’t a conspiracy theorist but “the truth.” Appearing at Kewaskum High School, Ramthun announced
The Racine County DA today declined to charge five members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission for suspending a requirement that clerks send special voting deputies to assisted care facilities before mailing absentee ballots. Racine County DA Patricia Hanson wrote in
GOP state Rep. Tim Ramthun has registered with the state to run for guv, the latest step as he prepares for a formal campaign launch. Ramthun, R-Campbellsport, again didn’t return calls yesterday from WisPolitics.com as he gears up for a
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Executive Director Matt Rothschild says a series of Republican-authored election bills would hog-tie the Wisconsin Elections Commission by nit-picking and hyper-monitoring the commission. Republicans introduced a series of bills they say are aimed at addressing election integrity
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he asked LRB for an opinion on whether the Legislature had the ability to change Wisconsin’s electoral votes after the 2020 election — but only so he could share it with members and constituents who
GOP lawmakers are circulating five election-related bills, including one that would allow the Joint Finance Committee to punish four state agencies if they failed to comply with certain elections laws. The bills that began circulating yesterday also include one from
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson pulled in less money during the fourth quarter than three of his Dem rivals, according to their filings with the FEC. Still, the Oshkosh Republican also had at least $1 million more in the bank than
Dean Knudson, a Republican commissioner on the Wisconsin Elections Commission, is rebuffing calls to resign. The calls have come amid increased scrutiny targeting state election officials and the Racine County sheriff saying they be criminally charged. “It was a shame
A split state Supreme Court late today decided to allow unmanned absentee ballot drop boxes to be used in the Feb. 15 primary. But it also agreed to take over a case that will decide whether they should be allowed