Mischief Likely to Result From GOP Guidance on Voter Roll Purge
Inviting the meddling of Robin Vos and Scott Fitzgerald means more electoral mischief, not solutions.
Inviting the meddling of Robin Vos and Scott Fitzgerald means more electoral mischief, not solutions.
A state-based advocacy group filed a similar federal lawsuit challenging requirements for student IDs earlier this year.
One Wisconsin Now Institute said the suit is a tactic utilized around the country by conservatives seeking to manipulate the rules on voting.
[One Wisconsin Institute] said WILL's suit is an attempt to manipulate the rules to give conservative-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly.
Right-wing supporters of Dan Kelly are going to court to try to purge registered Wisconsinites from poll lists.
One Wisconsin [Institute] won a victory in January, convincing U.S. District Judge James Peterson to block the early-voting restrictions.
Analiese Eicher told CNN the recent complaint against the Wisconsin Elections Commission could negatively affect demographics groups that tend to vote Democrat.
Mike Browne, Deputy Director at One Wisconsin Institute, explains the ERIC process.
Analiese Eicher, director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Institute said this was an attempt to "bully the Elections Commission into a backdoor voter roll purge."
The right wing in Wisconsin has a long and shameful record of manipulating the rules on voting for their own advantage.
Badger State liberals did see a win in another federal lawsuit brought by One Wisconsin Institute.
In the three years since Judge Peterson’s ruling, Wisconsin voters have shown that they will vote when given the opportunity to vote.
A judge in January ruled against Republicans in a challenge from One Wisconsin Institute.
The original case the lame-duck grievance was filed under is still awaiting a decision by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.
[One Wisconsin Institute] challenged the early-voting restrictions in federal court in December.
In the second federal lawsuit filed by One Wisconsin Institute... [James Peterson] blocked early-voting limits.
On this day in 1919, Wisconsin was the first state to ratify the 19th Amendment to give women the right to vote.
In one of the suits, filed by One Wisconsin Institute [a judge] blocked early-voting limits contained in the lame-duck bills.
[One Wisconsin Institute] persuaded U.S. District Judge James Peterson ... to strike down the limits on early in-person voting.
In 2016, a federal court in Wisconsin struck down the requirement that college or university IDs be unexpired.
The ruling echoed Judge Peterson’s previous 2016 injunction he handed down after One Wisconsin Institute sued ... over voting laws.
One Wisconsin Institute... asked U.S. District Judge James Peterson to enforce his earlier [early voting] decision.
Early and absentee voting in the April 2019 election has reached record levels for a non-presidential primary Spring election.
[One Wisconsin Institute] convinced U.S. District Judge James Peterson to block the early voting restrictions in January of this year.
A right-wing group formed to help Republicans rig districts for an unfair electoral advantage announced it has retained Scott Walker.
A federal judge ruled in January in favor of One Wisconsin Institute and Citizen Action of Wisconsin in a challenge...
[One Wisconsin Institute] convinced U.S. District Judge James Peterson to block the early voting restrictions in January of this year.
A federal judge ruled in favor of One Wisconsin Institute ... in a challenge against the provisions of the extraordinary session laws
“The real fraud in our elections is when politicians manipulate the rules to give themselves an unfair advantage.”
We applaud Gov. Tony Evers’ leadership, taking Wisconsin in a new direction to help make voting easier and more convenient.
In a challenge brought by One Wisconsin Institute ... Judge James Peterson in 2016 found ... voting changes unconstitutional.
“Legal voters ... ought not be denied the right to have their voices heard in our elections because of bureaucratic roadblocks.”