Latest: Decision on blocking lame-duck laws within 24 hours
The state Democratic Party and liberal group One Wisconsin Now have each filed a lawsuit in federal court. [WKOW-TV]
The state Democratic Party and liberal group One Wisconsin Now have each filed a lawsuit in federal court. [WKOW-TV]
[One Wisconsin Institute] challenged the early voting restrictions as part of a larger federal lawsuit... [Associated Press]
A federal judge ruled in January in favor of One Wisconsin Institute and Citizen Action of Wisconsin in a challenge... [Capital Times]
His staff realized there were plenty of outside groups expressing dismay at the lame duck bills [One Wisconsin Now]. [People's World]
Analiese Eicher, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, decried the way Republicans were handling the lawsuits. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Robin Vos is sparing no expense on his schemes to gain political power for himself.
Progressive groups Citizen Action of Wisconsin and One Wisconsin Institute sued over the moves. [Alternet]
In this case, brought by ... One Wisconsin Institute, Judge James Peterson ruled that the laws violated a 2016 court order. [Care2]
“The Supreme Court has been there for Walker every step of the way,” said Scot Ross, the executive director of the One Wisconsin Institute, a liberal organization that along with Mr. Holder’s group promised to challenge some of the provisions signed Friday. [New York Times]
Liberal group One Wisconsin Now has said it has plans to challenge the law in court. [Wisconsin Public Radio]
This attack by Republicans in the legislature is not just unprecedented — it's undemocratic, it's unconstitutional, it's un-American.
One Wisconsin Institute announced it's pursuing legal action against some of the legislation. [WBAY-TV]
In a statement on Thursday, the One Wisconsin Institute announced that it plans to take legal action against Walker for signing a bill that restricts early voting to no more than two weeks before an election. [Common Dreams]
The organization that successfully challenged the previous incarnation, One Wisconsin Institute, said on Friday it will do so again. [Reuters]
One Wisconsin Institute... said Friday afternoon that lawsuits would be coming after Walker signed the bills. [Politico]
Will there be a lawsuit? Yeah, probably. Scott Walker signed the three #LameDuckCoup bills into law today and Scot Ross may sue as part of One Wisconsin Now. [WRRD-AM]
[One Wisconsin Institute], with the backing of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, is suing Walker over the new laws. [PoliticusUSA]
“Scott Fitzgerald and Robin Vos are trying to pull off a Donald Trump-level gaslighting with their excuses for why they called a sore loser legislative session.” [the Isthmus]
Scott Walker’s going to have to tell the people of Wisconsin how restricting their right to vote is creating more transparency. [the Progressive]
The request for this early voting crackdown was made by Robin Vos’ office a mere eight days after the election. [In These Times]
The lawsuit that resulted in the earlier limits being struck down was brought by two liberal groups. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Tensions are running high in state politics as Governor Scott Walker considers a package of bills passed in a special legislative session. [WMTV-TV]
A 2011 lawsuit filed by One Wisconsin [Institute] resulted in a federal judge striking down Wisconsin Republicans’ attempts to suppress the vote. [the Guardian]
Ross was especially critical of a provision in the plans to limit early voting to two weeks. It has been as much as six weeks. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Scot Ros told Gousha that Republicans are "attacking early voting" and defying the judge's order in the 2016 case. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Power Grabs in Wisconsin and Michigan. Guest 1: Analiese Eicher, Program Director, One Wisconsin Now. [Progressive Voices Network]
One Wisconsin Now says Republicans are attacking access to voting by placing new limits on early voting. [WISN-TV]
One Wisconsin Institute has signaled it may rekindle its legal fight against the early voting restrictions. [Wisconsin State Journal]
"They have hidden behind closed doors and in secret to conspire and contrast a direct assault on the peaceful transition of power." [WISC-TV]
“Progressives have to defend a Supreme Court seat in April of 2019 — this will help them do that,” said Scot Ross, the executive director of One Wisconsin Now, a liberal outside group. [Politico]
In 2016, One Wisconsin Now filed a lawsuit after Republican’s tried a similar measure to curtail early voting. [WKOW-TV]
The liberal group One Wisconsin Now tweeted Wednesday that it was already in consultation with attorneys. [Wisconsin Watchdog]
"More than 565,000 people early voted in the November 2018 election. Record-setting early voting is not an emergency -- it's democracy," [Center for Media and Democracy]
The attorney for the organization that filed the lawsuit, One Wisconsin Institute, has vowed to challenge the latest restriction. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
One Wisconsin Now ... said it would likely sue over the new cap, too, after the bill is signed. [Capital Times]
Wisconsin Republicans intent on invalidating the results of the 2018 election and undermining the orderly transfer of power. [Huffington Post]
One Wisconsin Now ... sound like they are chomping at the bit to challenge the grab bag of GOP goodies. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Others, including the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, have indicated they plan to file lawsuits over the proposals [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Republicans are thumbing their noses at a federal judge's order and we are conferring with our counsel about next steps. [WTMJ-TV]
One Wisconsin Institute is considering challenging the new early voting restrictions. [Isthmus]
"Scott Walker may be on the way out of office for the first time in a quarter century ... but his corrosive brand of politics lives on in his fellow Republicans." [Common Dreams]
Analiese Eicher said the liberal advocacy organization is willing to take any legal action necessary. [WKOW-TV]
While Wisconsin slept last night, Republicans worked behind closed doors on schemes to reject the results of the November 2018 midterm elections.
Republicans in the legislature are rejecting the results of the 2018 elections they lost and actively undermining the orderly transition of power.
“Republicans like Robin Vos and Scott Fitzgerald want to end that because they think the problem with these elections was that too many people voted.” [Capital Times]
"The underlying theme though that it's just incredibly disrespectful to the 2.6 million-plus voters who cast a ballot in this most recent election.” [Public News Service]
Republicans believe they lost the November election because too many people voted here, and are trying to undo the results of the vote. [the Guardian]
The Wisconsin GOP is set to make an unprecedented power grab to enhance their powers and limit Governor-elect Evers. [WRRD-AM]
Republicans appear to have settled on an explanation for why they lost every statewide race on the ballot in the November 6 elections: Too many voters voted.
Analiese Eicher noted Republicans fought plans to hold special elections this year and complained about the cost of past recall elections. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]