Attorney General Brad Schimel is dropping his attempt to prevent Milwaukee and Madison from starting early voting next month in a move that begins to clarify how the presidential election will be conducted in Wisconsin. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
On Monday, a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused without comment to stay a Wisconsin district court opinion in One Wisconsin Institute v. Thomsen. [Daily Signal]
Three-Judge Panel Rejects Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans’ Latest Efforts to Keep Anti-Voter Measures in Place for November Election.
But a panel of the court on Monday declined to stay Peterson's ruling. The appeals judges didn't explain their rationale. The lawsuit was brought by One Wisconsin Institute. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
"We hope municipalities across the state will quickly move forward in offering expanded in-person absentee voting hours." [Wisconsin Public Radio]
"Here’s a big result from our lawsuit: Gov. Walker doesn’t get to decide who votes," said Scot Ross. [Capital Times]
"Here’s a big result from our lawsuit: Governor Walker doesn’t get to decide who votes," said the statement from Scot Ross. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
"Here’s a big result from our lawsuit: Gov. Walker doesn’t get to decide who votes," said One Wisconsin Institute director Scot Ross. [Wisconsin Public Radio]
One Wisconsin [Institute] headed up the underlying challenge, taking up the mantle for older black citizens born in the South who were never issued a birth certificate. [Courthouse News Service]
The ruling by Judge Peterson, in One Wisconsin Institute v. Thomsen, makes it easier to obtain a free ID. [Urban Milwaukee]
A narrower voter ID ruling in the other case, brought by the liberal One Wisconsin Institute, remains in place for now. [Wisconsin State Journal]
The ruling by Peterson, in One Wisconsin Institute v. Thomsen, makes it easier to obtain a free ID. [Wisconsin Gazette]
Barrett spoke and was joined by community leaders from Citizens Action of Wisconsin, ACLU of Wisconsin, One Wisconsin [Institute] and Wisconsin League of Women Voters. [Milwaukee Courier]
One Wisconsin Institute and the Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund last year challenged a host of election laws in federal court, including voter ID. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Activists led by the group One Wisconsin [Institute] have been fighting the law for years [Courthouse News Service]
At One Wisconsin [Institute], executive director Scot Ross hailed Peterson’s decision as a “huge victory.” [Wisconsin Gazette]
Both the state Attorney General’s Office and the groups that brought the lawsuit, One Wisconsin Institute and Citizen Action of Wisconsin, have appealed Peterson’s ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago. “We will let the court’s decision speak for itself when it wrote, ‘Defendants have not made a strong […] [Wisconsin State Journal]
Attorney General Brad Schimel's Office, One Wisconsin Institute and Citizen Action of Wisconsin have appealed Peterson's ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago. [WKOW-TV]
But One Wisconsin Institute, one of the liberal groups challenging the election laws, noted Peterson had written he did not expect the state to prevail on appeal. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
“Wisconsin, in presidential election years, has the second-highest turnout in America,” said Scot Ross. [Washington Post]
The first case, One Wisconsin Institute v. Thomsen considered both Wisconsin’s voter ID laws and the restrictions the State placed on early voting. [Huffington Post]
It is separate from another voter rights case filed by One Wisconsin Institute in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. [WKOW-TV]
A narrower voter ID ruling in the other case, brought by the liberal One Wisconsin Institute, remains in place for now. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was joined by community leaders on Sunday to discuss plans they hope to implement before the November election. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Peterson’s recent ruling, in One Wisconsin Institute vs. Thomsen, makes it easier to obtain a free ID. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
One Wisconsin Institute has long argued that changes to the voting laws were intentionally designed to make it more difficult to vote in Wisconsin. [Lakeland Times]
One Wisconsin Institute... challenged the voter ID law... and a series of other voting-related laws passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature that followed. [Wisconsin State Journal]
The suit was brought by two liberal groups, One Wisconsin Institute and Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund. Those groups won most of their claims, but this week filed an appeal on the parts they lost. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
At One Wisconsin [Institute], executive director Scot Ross said Walker tried to make it harder for Democrats to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat. [Wisconsin Gazette]
Scott Walker has shown he will do whatever he can to rig our elections by denying legal voter access to ballot box based on their race or partisan affiliation. [Wisconsin Radio Network]
Friday's decision was a huge victory for Wisconsin voters and we are committed to fully protecting the right to vote from partisan politicians like Gov. Walker. [Courthouse News Service]
Walker has shown he will do whatever he can to rig our elections by denying legal voter access to ballot box based on their race or partisan affiliation, so this filing to keep these unconstitutional laws in place is not unexpected. [Capital Times]
We will do all we can to ensure the fraud committed by partisan politicians to rig the laws for personal, political gain at the expense of legal voters ends once and for all.
One Wisconsin Institute and Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund, Inc., challenged the voter ID law and other Republican-imposed election restrictions. [Associated Press]
Lawyers representing One Wisconsin Institute... and a group of individual voters filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday. [Capital Times]
"We argued Gov. Walker made it harder for Democrats to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat, and the judge agreed," lead plaintiff and One Wisconsin [Institute] Director Scot Ross said in a statement. [Courthouse News Service]
“We argued Gov. Walker made it harder for Democrats to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat, and the judge agreed,” said Scot Ross, executive director of the One Wisconsin Institute. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Opponents, including the group One Wisconsin Institute which sued, have argued that fraud is extremely rare and the real intent of the new rules has been to disenfranchise voters in Democratic areas. [WUWM-FM]
We argued Gov. Walker made it harder for Democrats to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat, and the judge agreed. [Associated Press]
Today, federal Judge James Peterson issued a ruling in the federal voting rights lawsuit One Wisconsin Institute Inc., et al v. Gerald Nichol, et al.
Scot Ross said their attorneys argued, "Gov. Walker made it harder for Democrats to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat, and the judge agreed." [WISC-TV]
One Wisconsin Institute, one of the plaintiffs in the suit, called the ruling "a huge win, not only for the plaintiffs, but for democracy itself." [Wisconsin Public Radio]
Peterson’s ruling came in response to a lawsuit brought by two liberal groups — One Wisconsin Institute and Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund Inc. [Wisconsin Gazette]
Scot Ross, director of the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, an arm of One Wisconsin Institute, cheered the ruling. [Associated Press]
"We argued Gov. Walker made it harder for Democrats to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat, and the judge agreed," Scot Ross, director of One Wisconsin [Institute], said. [Associated Press]
A spokesman for One Wisconsin Institute, one of the two groups which filed the challenge, hailed Peterson’s ruling as “a huge win not only for the plaintiffs but for democracy itself.” [Huffington Post]
The state DOJ previously asked Adelman to put the lawsuit on hold because a similar lawsuit brought by... One Wisconsin Institute made its way through the courts, challenging elements of the Voter ID law. [Wisconsin State Journal]
That lawsuit by two liberal groups, One Wisconsin Institute and Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund, also challenges limits on early voting. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
“The difficulties were acute but they were not widespread,” Peterson told lawyers for the liberal group One Wisconsin Institute, who brought the suit, and the state, who are defending the rules. “An awful lot of people got IDs after the law was passed. Most people got their IDs.” [Wisconsin Public Radio]
Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal One Wisconsin Institute, contends the changes are illegal because they use the law to keep people from voting based on factors such as their minority status or their age. [Wisconsin Radio Network]