By Steven Kovac Meagan Wolfe, the administrator of the Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC), has suffered another setback in her struggle to hang on to her office as the chief election official. On Sept. 11, the five-member state Senate Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections, and Consumer Protection voted 3-1-1 to recommend that the full Senate hand […]
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Wisconsin Republicans Suggest Impeaching New State Supreme Court Justice
By Jack Phillips Wisconsin’s Assembly speaker said that Republicans may impeach recently sworn-in Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she doesn’t recuse herself from certain lawsuits. “If there’s any semblance of honor on the state Supreme Court left, you cannot have a person who runs for the court prejudging a case and being open about […]
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Wisconsin Is the Most Important Race in the Country in 2023
By Selena Zito Commentary Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus tweeted seemingly out of nowhere last week about the Wisconsin State Supreme Court race coming up next month. In her breezy post, she listed fair maps, abortion rights, and control of Congress as the key reasons to get involved. For added measure, she embedded a cheerful video of […]
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150,000 Votes in the 2020 Election Not Tied to a Valid Address in Wisconsin: Election Watchdog
By Steven Kovac Election Watch (EW), a Wisconsin election integrity watchdog organization, has discovered that more than 150,000 votes cast in the 2020 presidential election cannot be connected with a valid address. EW computer analyst Peter Bernegger said the group’s study of Wisconsin’s voter rolls found 45,000 such occurrences involving people who were living out […]
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Wisconsin Court Shoots Down Attempt to Change Rules for Absentee Ballots Before Midterms
By Katabella Roberts A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday dealt a blow to a group in the state who hoped to change rules governing absentee ballots, denying their request that local election clerks accept absentee ballots that contain partial addresses of witnesses. Dane County Circuit Judge Juan Colas said in his ruling (pdf) that in the past 56 years that Wisconsin elections […]
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Trump Calls for Overturning Wisconsin Results in 2020 Election to the ‘Actual Winner’
By Gary Bai Former U.S. President Donald Trump is calling for the 2020 Wisconsin election results to be overturned a day after the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled ballots dropboxes to be illegal. “Other States are looking at, and studying, the amazing Wisconsin Supreme Court decision declaring Ballot Boxes ILLEGAL, and that decision includes the 2020 Presidential Election,” […]
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Election Watchdog Finds 137,500 Ballots Unlawfully Trafficked in Wisconsin
By Steven Kovac At least 137,500 absentee ballots were cast through unlawful vote trafficking throughout several of Wisconsin’s largest cities in the 2020 election, according to research presented last week to the state Assembly’s Committee on Campaigns and Elections by the public interest organization True the Vote (TTV). Ballot trafficking is an activity in which absentee […]
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Witness Describes Wisconsin Christmas Parade Attack Suspect as ‘Black Man With Dreadlocks’
By Katabella Roberts An eyewitness who did not realize he was speaking on live television has described the Waukesha, Wisconsin, attack suspect as a black man with dreadlocks. The City of Waukesha confirmed late Sunday that five people were killed and over 40 were injured after a driver plowed into people participating in a Christmas parade, although they anticipate that those numbers may change […]
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At Least 5 Dead, 40 Injured by Driver Ploughing Through Wisconsin Christmas Parade
By Jack Phillips Officials in Waukesha, Wisconsin, confirmed on Sunday night that at least 5 people have died and another 40 are injured after a driver drove into people participating in a Christmas parade. “The vehicle struck more than 20 individuals. Some of the individuals are children, and there are some fatalities as a result of this […]
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Wisconsin Election Officials Remove Over 205,000 From Voter Rolls
By Zachary Stieber Election officials in Wisconsin have deleted more than 205,000 names from voter registration rolls as part of maintaining the lists, they announced on Aug. 4. More than 174,000 of the voters hadn’t voted in the past four years and didn’t respond to a mailing, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The deactivation was required […]
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‘Special Counsel’ Named to Investigate 2020 Election in Wisconsin: House Speaker
By Jack Phillips The top Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly said Friday that his office is expanding a probe into the 2020 presidential election, adding that more investigations are warranted. House Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, a Republican, signed contracts with several retired law enforcement officials and a former judge, although two of three quit in recent days, he […]
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Wisconsin Lawmaker Calls for ‘Full Forensic Audit’ After Georgia, Arizona Updates
By Zachary Stieber A Wisconsin representative on Friday said 2020 election reviews being done in the state should be expanded into a “full forensic audit” following alleged irregularities being revealed in Arizona and Georgia. State Rep. Timothy Ramthun, a Republican, formally requested “a more comprehensive audit” from former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, who is leading a conducting a […]
