The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that officialscan place ballot drop boxesaround their communities in this fall's elections, overturning its own ruling two years ago limiting their use in the presidential swing state. The court limited the use of drop boxes in July 2022, ruling then that...
Constant Change at the Wisconsin Ballot Box: Voting Rights at Issue in Luft v. Eversdoi:10.1080/0098261x.2021.1926787Rachael HoustonJustice System Journal
The regents met in closed session Friday morning before voting in public to fire Gow. There was no discussion in open session before the board voted. Gow has been on paid leave from his back-up faculty positionsince the regents fired him as chancellor in 2023, shortly after university leaders...
but in case two or more shall have an equal and the highest number of votes for governor or lieutenant-governor, the two houses of the legislature, at its next annual session, shall forthwith, by joint ballot, choose one of the persons so having an equal and the highest number of votes...
Organizers in Wisconsin are rallying voters fill in the“Uninstructed delegation” option on the Democratic presidential primary section of the ballot on April2. “The pathway to the presidency is going to run through Wisconsin,” Ahmad says. “We are very likely to be the tipping point sta...
most often with referendum questions; they always seem worded so the right choice seems obvious – even when it isn’t. Two such questions will be on the April 2ballot, each proposing to amend the State Constitution, and this year I have done my homework. I’ll be voting “no” on ...
The voting constraints were “stupid,” he said, but ultimately he decided he would just mail his wife’s ballot for her, even though it was unclear at the time whether that was permitted. He has filed an official complaint with the Wisconsin Elections Commission and weeks later remains exasp...
The court did not weigh on if a person is allowed to deliver another voter's ballot in the mail. But it rule the law was silent on using drop boxes as a method to deliver absentee ballots. "Only the legislature may permit absentee voting via ballot drop boxes. WEC cannot," Justice Reb...
Mail voting had been steadily increasing over the last decade before the pandemic spike. Even if you don’t put your ballot in the mail Tuesday, you still have plenty of options. Many jurisdictions let people return their ballots in person, either at an election official...
An issue with ballot tabulators in Milwaukee led to a bipartisan call to recount votes that could delay the state’s final count. The North Carolina state board of elections extended voting hours in two precincts in Wilson and Burke counties for a printer and laptop probl...