Declaring the Elections Commission’s rulemaking and policy authority in “disarray,” GOP guv candidate Rebecca Kleefisch is asking the Supreme Court to declare the agency’s guidance on drop boxes and special voting deputies conflicts with state law. The suit filed Monday
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said he is not sure there is a “legal opportunity” to do as GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has suggested and have the Republican-controlled Legislature take over federal elections in Wisconsin. LeMahieu, who was in
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman’s 2020 election investigation, redistricting and Sen. André Jacque’s return to the Senate floor following his hospitalization with COVID-19.
Former Justice Mike Gableman said he’s considering adding a fourth prong to his 2020 election review after watching the Racine County Sheriff Department announce results of its own investigation. During an Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee public hearing, Gableman said
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Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe jousted with GOP lawmakers as she urged corrections to a critical LAB report on the 2020 election. Rep. Mark Born, R-Beaver Dam, said he was taken aback by what he called Wolfe’s attack on the
Dem AG Josh Kaul said it would be “stunning” if five members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission are criminally charged for acting in good faith while doing their jobs. Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling said the commission broke the law
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Racine County sheriff’s recommendation of felony charges against five Wisconsin Elections Commission members, former Justice Michael Gableman’s election investigation, redistricting, the latest Marquette University
Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said the Wisconsin Elections Commission — an agency Republicans created — needs reform and new leadership before the 2022 election. Vos said the commission created problems in the 2020 election. The speaker, who last week
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss 2020 election investigations, redistricting and the Mequon-Thiensville School Board recall.
All but one of the Wisconsin Elections Commission members signed on to a statement stating “their opposition to, and strenuous disagreement with the allegations” levied by the Racine County sheriff that they broke the law. Sheriff Christopher Schmaling alleged the
GOP lawmakers today called on Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe and staff to resign after the Racine County sheriff accused the agency of breaking the law by suspending a requirement that special voting deputies help nursing home residents cast ballots.
A split state Supreme Court has rejected a petition to bypass the appeals court in a lawsuit seeking an order directing Aurora Health to enforce a prescription for ivermectin written by a physician not authorized to practice at the medical
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says new subpoenas are “possible, if not likely” in the Assembly’s 2020 election investigation, which could stretch into next year. A Dane County judge has set a Dec. 23 hearing in Dem AG Josh Kaul’s lawsuit
The Senate’s Elections Committee will have the power to issue subpoenas as part of its investigation into issues identified in the Legislative Audit Bureau’s look at the 2020 election, including the city of Madison’s refusal to turn over records for
