A voting rights focused law firm and a Milwaukee-based civil rights group filed a brief Wednesday urging the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take a case seeking to overturn a July appeals court decision that said circuit courts in Wisconsin don’t have the authority to extend poll location hours due to unforeseen circumstances.  The case stems […]

Three Wisconsin legal organizations are advising the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s office to take steps to avoid intimidating voters after the sheriff posted it was dispatching deputies to polling locations on primary Election Day last week.  The issue arose against a backdrop of increasing worries over potential election interference in a key swing state during President […]

A Dane County judge found that Wisconsin’s absentee voting system discriminates against voters with print disabilities by forcing them to have someone else assist them with filling out their ballots — undermining the secrecy of their vote.  In a ruling issued Tuesday, Judge Everett Mitchell sided with Disability Rights Wisconsin and the League of Women […]

The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin filed a lawsuit Thursday against Wisconsin Elections Commission guidance that bars people who request an absentee ballot from casting an in-person ballot if the mail ballot will not arrive by the time polls close on Election Day.  The lawsuit was filed as officials in Wisconsin, and the commission […]