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All eyes on a Supreme Court in Transition
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is at a turning point. A new Justice, Janet Protasiewicz, took office on August 1, replacing retiring conservative Justice Patience Roggensack. In the short time since then, the Court’s new majority has changed some administrative rules,...
New WEC Complaint: Peters v. Goergen
In municipalities in which absentee ballots are processed at the polling place, voters should be able to bring their ballots directly to the officials who will count them. But due to vague language in the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s opinion in Teigen v. Wisconsin...
Wisconsin Voters File Challenge to Wisconsin Gerrymandered Legislative Maps
By every metric, Wisconsin’s legislative plans score among the most– if not the most– skewed in the nation. We have endured 12 years of rule by right-wing interests, and the voters of Wisconsin deserve fair representation. On Aug. 2, 2023 Law Forward and co-counsels...
UPDATED – New Report: A Democracy Crisis in the Making
Attempts to undermine our democracy are increasing. Moves to change the rules—and put partisan political actors in charge of their own elections—are on the rise.
New WEC complaint: Martin v. Grill
Law Forward continues to be concerned about overly restrictive policies for returning absentee ballots. Even though there have been four statewide elections since, the Teigen ruling and the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision to end secure ballot drop boxes as a safe...
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Wisconsinites face a clear choice in this year’s election of a supreme court justice.
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