Recent Updates
Wisconsin Voting Rights: A Guide
With Wisconsinites heading to the polls for the statewide partisan primary on Aug. 13, and again on Nov. 5 for the general election, now is the time to brush up on your rights as a Wisconsin voter - and learn how Law Forward has protected these rights. I’m a voter...
Law Forward’s Public Comment to Attorney General Josh Kaul on Wisconsin Constitution Amendment
On May 14, 2024 we, along with Common Cause Wisconsin, Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice, Leaders Igniting Transformation, the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, the ACLU of Wisconsin, Fair Elections Center, All Voting is Local and the Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition...
EXPOSED: The Bad Faith Behind 2020 Fake Electors Scheme To Overturn Presidential Election
We've launched a new website timeline aimed at shedding light on the nefarious origins and execution of the 2020 Fake Electors Scheme in Wisconsin. This timeline integrates the information learned through years of legal efforts and builds a timeline of events,...
Mountains and molehills: the why, how, and what of the 2024 constitutional amendments
When Wisconsinites head to the polls on April 2, they will find two ballot questions asking whether the Wisconsin Constitution should be amended. The first question asks whether election officials may ever use private funds to help administer elections; the second...
VICTORY: Wisconsin Governor Signs Fair, Constitutional State Legislative Maps
In a historic victory for Wisconsin voters, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed into law Wisconsin’s first non-gerrymandered maps in over a decade.
Parties in Clarke v. WEC File Responses to Maps Proposed to Wisconsin Supreme Court
On Jan. 22, 2024 the parties in Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission - the fair maps case in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, who ruled that the 2021 legislative maps are unconstitutional - filed responses to the proposed maps. Wisconsinites deserve an equal...
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