
Voters approve constitutional amendment requiring photo ID to vote
Wisconsin voters approved an amendment enshrining a photo ID requirement for voting in the state’s constitution.
Wisconsin voters approved an amendment enshrining a photo ID requirement for voting in the state’s constitution.
Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Paulina Gutierrez said along with ballots, the city was sending early vote machines to impacted sites. Those allow voters to register their selections on an electronic screen. It then prints a ballot that can be fed through counters.
Election officials reported brisk turnout today amid well-financed efforts to get voters to the polls in the state Supreme Court race between conservative Brad Schimel and liberal Susan Crawford.
Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Mark Born today pushed UW President Jay Rothman to justify what the GOP lawmaker called “administrative bloat” in the system as he questioned proposals in Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed state budget. Meanwhile, Corrections Secretary Jared Hoy answered questions about the guv’s call to revamp the prison system.
Polls are open in Wisconsin with record-spending races for the state Supreme Court and superintendent of Public Instruction at the top of the ballot.
Ahead of today’s vote, Wisconsinites already cast 644,800 absentee ballots in the spring election as interest in early voting surged compared to two years ago, particularly in GOP areas, new numbers show.
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel, the former Republican attorney general backed by conservatives, is pushing Donald Trump supporters to the polls in the final hours of campaigning. “It’s a turnout race,” the Waukesha County judge said on WISN’s “UpFront,”
Elon Musk said at a Green Bay town hall Sunday Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race will determine who controls the U.S. House of Representatives and even “the course of western civilization” as he offered yet another financial incentive to turn out voters for conservative Brad Schimel.
A state appeals court today denied a request from AG Josh Kaul for an order barring Elon Musk and his America PAC from paying two Wisconsin voters $1 million each at a Sunday rally as a reward for casting ballots in the spring race.
A state appeals court today denied a request from AG Josh Kaul for an order barring Elon Musk and his America PAC from paying two Wisconsin voters $1 million each at a Sunday rally as a reward for casting ballots in the spring race.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the surge in early voting ahead of Tuesday’s election, the latest on the state Supreme Court and state schools superintendent races, the voter ID amendment on the ballot and more.
President Donald Trump labeled liberal Supreme Court candidate “a very deranged, Soros-funded, left-wing lunatic who opposes voter ID, wants to trample on our Constitution, and is endorsed by socialist Bernie Sanders.”
Musk says he’ll be in Wisconsin on Sunday for a talk — and to give away $2 million. But he’s changed the terms of who can qualify for the payout, though Dem AG Josh Kaul today raised the prospect of his agency taking legal action.
In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin Dems criticize Trump administration officials for a group chat about airstrikes, which included a member of the media, and U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, suggests there should be consequences.
The state Building Commission again deadlocked on the Gov. Tony Evers’ capital budget, sending it to the GOP-run Joint Finance Committee with no recommendation as Republican lawmakers argued more discussion was needed.
State superintendent candidate Brittany Kinser at a Milwaukee forum generally sided with Gov. Tony Evers that the number of school referendums on the ballot is a warning sign on school funding. There are 89 referendums on Wisconsin ballots next week totaling $1.6 billion
Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford outraised conservative rival Brad Schimel more than 2-to-1 during the most recent reporting period, largely thanks to the strength of her individual donor network, a WisPolitics review finds.
Spending in Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court race eclipsed $90 million this week as an Elon Musk-aligned PAC poured more into its GOTV efforts backing Brad Schimel and a liberal group added seven figures to its media buy for Susan Crawford.
Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler and GOP chair Brian Schimming agree the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court is “very close” ahead of the final week of campaigning.
Elon Musk contributed $2 million to the state GOP late last week, the latest financial commitment the billionaire has made to Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court race. On the same day the party listed the Musk donation, it transferred $1.2 million to Brad Schimel’s campaign.
Wisconsin voters approved an amendment enshrining a photo ID requirement for voting in the state’s constitution.
Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Paulina Gutierrez said along with ballots, the city was sending early vote machines to impacted sites. Those allow voters to register their selections on an electronic screen. It then prints a ballot that can be fed through counters.
Election officials reported brisk turnout today amid well-financed efforts to get voters to the polls in the state Supreme Court race between conservative Brad Schimel and liberal Susan Crawford.
Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Mark Born today pushed UW President Jay Rothman to justify what the GOP lawmaker called “administrative bloat” in the system as he questioned proposals in Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed state budget. Meanwhile, Corrections Secretary Jared Hoy answered questions about the guv’s call to revamp the prison system.
Polls are open in Wisconsin with record-spending races for the state Supreme Court and superintendent of Public Instruction at the top of the ballot.
Ahead of today’s vote, Wisconsinites already cast 644,800 absentee ballots in the spring election as interest in early voting surged compared to two years ago, particularly in GOP areas, new numbers show.
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel, the former Republican attorney general backed by conservatives, is pushing Donald Trump supporters to the polls in the final hours of campaigning. “It’s a turnout race,” the Waukesha County judge said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “It’s going back
Elon Musk said at a Green Bay town hall Sunday Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race will determine who controls the U.S. House of Representatives and even “the course of western civilization” as he offered yet another financial incentive to turn out voters for conservative Brad Schimel.
A state appeals court today denied a request from AG Josh Kaul for an order barring Elon Musk and his America PAC from paying two Wisconsin voters $1 million each at a Sunday rally as a reward for casting ballots in the spring race.
A state appeals court today denied a request from AG Josh Kaul for an order barring Elon Musk and his America PAC from paying two Wisconsin voters $1 million each at a Sunday rally as a reward for casting ballots in the spring race.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the surge in early voting ahead of Tuesday’s election, the latest on the state Supreme Court and state schools superintendent races, the voter ID amendment on the ballot and more.
President Donald Trump labeled liberal Supreme Court candidate “a very deranged, Soros-funded, left-wing lunatic who opposes voter ID, wants to trample on our Constitution, and is endorsed by socialist Bernie Sanders.”
Musk says he’ll be in Wisconsin on Sunday for a talk — and to give away $2 million. But he’s changed the terms of who can qualify for the payout, though Dem AG Josh Kaul today raised the prospect of his agency taking legal action.
In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin Dems criticize Trump administration officials for a group chat about airstrikes, which included a member of the media, and U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, suggests there should be consequences.
The state Building Commission again deadlocked on the Gov. Tony Evers’ capital budget, sending it to the GOP-run Joint Finance Committee with no recommendation as Republican lawmakers argued more discussion was needed.
State superintendent candidate Brittany Kinser at a Milwaukee forum generally sided with Gov. Tony Evers that the number of school referendums on the ballot is a warning sign on school funding. There are 89 referendums on Wisconsin ballots next week totaling $1.6 billion
Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford outraised conservative rival Brad Schimel more than 2-to-1 during the most recent reporting period, largely thanks to the strength of her individual donor network, a WisPolitics review finds.
Spending in Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court race eclipsed $90 million this week as an Elon Musk-aligned PAC poured more into its GOTV efforts backing Brad Schimel and a liberal group added seven figures to its media buy for Susan Crawford.
Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler and GOP chair Brian Schimming agree the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court is “very close” ahead of the final week of campaigning.
Elon Musk contributed $2 million to the state GOP late last week, the latest financial commitment the billionaire has made to Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court race. On the same day the party listed the Musk donation, it transferred $1.2 million to Brad Schimel’s campaign.