by wilwfwd | Apr 28, 2023 | Election Administration, Voting Rights & Access
Martin v. Grill No. EL 23-38 Law Forward continues to be concerned about overly restrictive policies for returning absentee ballots. Even though there have been statewide elections since the Teigen ruling and the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision to end secure ballot...
by Jen L | Aug 15, 2022 | Election Administration, Voting Rights & Access
Wojciechowski v. Grill No. EL 22-58 While Law Forward disagrees with the Teigen ruling, we understand that municipal clerks must figure out ways to follow the Court’s decision. It is our understanding that some clerks and municipalities have, in the wake of Teigen’s...
by wilwfwd | Aug 15, 2022 | Election Administration
Michael White et al v. WEC No. 2022CV001008 In White v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, two individual plaintiffs and the Republican Party of Waukesha County challenged longstanding guidance from the Wisconsin Elections Commission that permitted municipal clerks and...
by wilwfwd | Jun 27, 2022 | Election Administration
Robert Pellegrini v. WEC et al No. 2022CV000004 Pellegrini v. Wisconsin Elections Commission started as a challenge to drop boxes, but after the Supreme Court decided that issue in Teigen, the plaintiffs (represented by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty)...
by wilwfwd | Jun 24, 2022 | Election Administration
Paul Archambault et al v. WEC et al No. 2021CV001620 In Archambault v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, a plaintiff in Waukesha County filed a lawsuit challenging WEC’s authority to issue any guidance to help Wisconsin’s elections run smoothly. This was a brazen and...
by wilwfwd | May 26, 2022 | Amicus Brief, Election Administration, Good Governance
WJI v. WEC No. 20-AP-2003 On May 26, 2022, Law Forward and the ACLU of Wisconsin filed an amicus brief explaining the importance of WJI v. WEC, which has implications for our democracy well beyond the single constitutional amendment at issue in that case. On September...
