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Recent News About Wisconsin Elections Commission
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Assistant DOJ AG on voter procedures: Wisconsin failed 'to maintain its voter rolls'
Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice, said that Wisconsin has failed to provide a voter complaint process as required under federal law.
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Justice Department takes action against Wisconsin Elections Commission over complaint procedure
Today, the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division issued a letter to the Wisconsin Elections Commission.
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OPINION: Wisconsin Supreme Court Decision Slams Door on Voter Rights – Brad Schimel Offers a Path to Restore Integrity
In a stunning blow to election integrity, Wisconsin’s liberal-majority Supreme Court has stripped everyday voters of their long-standing right to challenge questionable election practices, leaving the Badger State’s democratic process at the mercy of unaccountable bureaucrats.
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FOIA Request Sent to Wisconsin Elections Commission Regarding Spring Elections Candidates for Office on February 5, 2025
A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was submitted to the Wisconsin Elections Commission regarding candidates running in the upcoming spring elections.
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Governor Evers, Attorney General Kaul Join Multistate Coalition in Fight Against Idaho’s Radical Abortion Ban
Complaint Alleges Senate Vote to Reject Administrator Wolfe “Has No Legal Effect”
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Wisconsin Voter Alliance alleges that the Elections Commission 'had no authority' to eliminate incompetent voter classification
The Wisconsin Voter Alliance (WVA) alleges that the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) is no longer placing those deemed incompetent to vote in a distinct classification, raising the prospect for massive voter fraud.
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WILL files suit against Election Commission over 'illegal' voter registration forms
A legal group is suing the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) over its use of the National Mail Voter Registration Form it alleges is out of compliance with state law.
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WCEJ analyst: Voters registered under 99999 zip code, other inconsistencies found in state’s voter lists
When Peter Bernegger pointed out what he alleges are numerous irregularities in the state’s voter lists to the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC), the guardian of the lists, he was rewarded with a $2,403 fine for his efforts and the complaints were dismissed.
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Walworth bans private money for elections, Hauer says 'we definitely need to keep an eye on' CTCL
This week, Walworth County became the first Wisconsin county to ban election officials from accepting private money to help underwrite the management of elections.
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WVA president: 'It seems the entire process of handling the incompetents who have been adjudicated is being mismanaged by WEC'
The Wisconsin Voters Alliance (WVA) filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) over the voting in the 2020 general election and the 2021 spring elections regarding a resident of an adult care facility who a court in February 2020 declared incompetent to vote.
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Heuer on alleged violations of state election laws: 'I’m confident we will win in one if not all of these counties'
A Dane County judge has set a May 15 hearing date for the appeal of a Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) dismissal of a complaint that Madison city officials and WEC violated the constitution and the states’ elections laws leading up to the 2020 general election.
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Wisconsin Republicans' special counsel blasts elections analyst's links to progressive groups
David Becker, founder of the nonprofit the Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR), has been widely relied upon by mainstream media as an expert on elections. Rarely mentioned when his opinions are sought, conservative critics charge, are his past associations with progressive political activist groups, and his group’s controversial – some say illegal – influence over state and local election officials.
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Thomas More Society alleges probe notes multiple violations of Wisconsin election laws in 2020
The Thomas More Society has unveiled results of an investigation this week into the conduct of Wisconsin state and local election officials leading up to the 2020 general election.
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WILL 'pleased' with Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling banning drop boxes for primary
Drop boxes for absentee (mail) ballots will not be permitted in the April 5 statewide primary elections under a 4-3 ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court that ended a suspension of a lower court ruling banning the boxes.
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Wisconsin Voter Alliance applauds Waukesha judge's drop box ruling
The head of a statewide voting group has praised a ruling by Waukesha Circuit Court Judge Michael Bohren that drop boxes for absentee ballots are illegal because state law allows ballots to be returned in person or by mail only.
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Wisconsin Voter Alliance challenges state elections board's decision on outside money distribution
The Wisconsin Voter Alliance (WVA) has appealed a Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) rejection of a complaint that alleged that millions of dollars of outside money accepted by local election officials were not spent to ensure safe elections in November 2020, as stated, but funded a get out the vote campaign for the Democratic Party.
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Wisconsin election analyst emphasizes vote counting process
For election integrity advocate Karen McKim, the counting side of the voting process should be one of the main focuses of election reform.
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Darling says Wisconsin voter integrity measure ensures 'ballots belong to the voter'
The Wisconsin Legislature this week sent Gov. Tony Evers a measure that will ban municipal clerks from filling out blank sections or correcting defects on absentee ballots, known as curing ballots.
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Wisconsin Elections Commission study finds only 41 possible cases of voter fraud
The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) has released a report on voter fraud and election integrity in the 2020 and 2021 elections that found between Aug. 22, 2020, and May 19, 2021, there were 41 possible occurrences of voter fraud in Wisconsin.
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Nass: 'No more delays and no more excuses' on election reform bills
Some of the eight election reform bills bottled up in a Wisconsin Senate committee could see action as early as Friday after Sen. Stephen Nass (R-Whitewater) Wednesday blasted the chair of the committee for again delaying the release of the bills.