Mayor Barrett to report on early voting numbers
A ruling in response to a lawsuit filed by One Wisconsin Institute... lifted restrictions to early voting that was enacted by the Wisconsin Legislature. [WTMJ-TV]
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Liquor store owner pumps cash into campaigns
Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, said the donations could signal GOP lawmakers will change licensing laws to help Total Wine. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Presidential Candidates’ Plans for Tackling Student Debt
The average amount of debt per student has increased more than 50 percent in the last decade, according to TICAS, and One Wisconsin Institute. [Loyola Phoenix]
Why Would an Arkansas Billionaire Write Dan Feyen a $1,000 Check?
While Jim Walton almost certainly never met Dan Feyen, it seems he’s acquainted with his willingness to sell out public schools to help private voucher schools.
Wisconsin DOJ will deploy ‘election integrity teams’ to monitor some polling places
"Attorney General Brad Schimel has been an outrageous partisan looking the other way time and again as his fellow Republicans flouted the laws," said Scot Ross. [Capital Times]
Can Brad Schimel Be Trusted on ‘Election Integrity’? Doubtful.
Hyper-Partisan State Attorney General Latest Example of GOP Trying to Use Powers to gain Unfair Electoral Advantage
UNSPUN: November 02, 2016
One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross made his regular appearance on UNSPUN to discuss and analyze recent election polling results. [WMTV-TV]
Real Life Stories from Caroline and Melissa and Maurice Highlight Toll of Student Loan Crisis, Importance of Borrowers Making Voices Heard in November 8 Election
One Wisconsin Institute has released two new videos of student loan borrowers telling their stories as part of their “I Am A Student Loan Voter” campaign.
Private School Voucher Special Interest Group Tops $1 Million in Campaign Spending to Elect Compliant Legislators
American Federation For Children Spends Big to Try to Elect Legislators Who’ll Keep Public Tax Dollars Flowing to Less Accountable Private Schools
Eric Genrich: ‘I want every eligible citizen to vote’
The decision in the One Wisconsin Institute v. Nichol case gave all Wisconsin communities the ability to offer additional in-person absentee voting opportunities. [Green Bay Press-Gazette]
Feingold, Johnson differ on addressing college costs
One Wisconsin Now, a liberal advocacy group based in Madison, was one of the earliest advocates for addressing the student loan debt issue. [Associated Press]
Voter ID law may introduce obstacles for transgender voters
The additional challenges for transgender voters under photo ID laws are just another example of the way the law negatively impacts populations. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Sen. Luther Olsen’s Lead Paint Gang Rides Again
Gov. Walker and Senate GOP Leader Fitzgerald to Headline Luther Olsen Campaign Fundraiser
Eric Wimberger (R-Wall Street)
People across the ideological spectrum agree that student loan debt is a crisis and that borrowers should be able to refinancing their loans like you can a mortgage. Eric Wimberger does not.
Sean Duffy Tells CNN George Soros Is Rigging Voting Machines
Donald Trump surrogate Rep. Sean Duffy has joined his party’s presidential nominee in claiming his candidate’s lack of support is the result of rigged elections.
City focused on denying request
This week, the liberal-leaning group One Wisconsin Institute released emails obtained through an open records request. [Green Bay Press-Gazette]
Unaccountable Private School Voucher Backers Up the Ante With Six Figure TV Ad Buy to Boost Rep. Todd Novak in 51st Assembly District Race
American Federation for Children will spend whatever it takes to try to keep legislators in office who’ll keep tax dollars flowing to private voucher schools.
2016 Election Lawsuit Tracker: The New Election Laws and the Suits Challenging Them
“This evidence makes clear that the State does not have a functioning safety net for its strict voter ID law,” the plaintiff, One Wisconsin Institute wrote. [ProPublica]
Wisconsin clerk opposes potential campus voting site: ‘Students lean more toward the Democrats’
The emails from Teske were made public by One Wisconsin Institute, a liberal organization working to strike down a handful of Wisconsin voting restrictions. [The Week]
Party Line Dan Feyen
Candidate Fine Supporting Tax Breaks for Wealthy, Cutting Public Ed, Opposing Student Loan Refinancing, Standing By Pres. Nominee Who Brags of Assaulting Women
Judge: State must search for those who requested voting credentials but didn’t get them in the mail
Those steps were advocated by the plaintiffs in a legal challenge to Wisconsin’s voter ID law, including One Wisconsin Institute. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Did a Wisconsin election clerk block early voting because of ‘partisan bias’ against Democrats?
Says an election clerk in Green Bay refused to allow early voting on campus because she "was afraid it would help Democrats," showing "outrageous partisan bias." [Politifact]
Wisconsin solicitor general says state’s voter ID law is ‘quite permissive,’ should be model for U.S.
The liberal group One Wisconsin Institute had asked the judge to either suspend the voter ID law or put in place remedial measures. [Capital Times]
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson Compares U.S. Constitution to a Contract, Then Tells Students, ‘You Rarely Read the Full Contract’
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson Compares U.S. Constitution to a Contract, Then Tells Students, ‘You Rarely Read the Full Contract’
What Else is Luther Olsen Hiding?
Despite Moderate Rhetoric, Senator Olsen’s Record Shows He Votes for Extreme Republican Agenda at Expense of Kids & Veterans
Rep. Kathy Bernier’s Twisted Tax Logic: Giveaways to Millionaires, Sales Tax Hikes for the Middle Class
A tax loophole Rep. Kathy Bernier voted to create is projected to give an average break of $120,000 to the millionaire Wisconsinites who claim it.
Madison early voters smashing previous records
The Legislature changed voting laws in 2012 to limit electronic delivery of absentee ballots... That measure was overturned in the One Wisconsin Institute case. [Capital Times]
DMV must track down voters
The DMV must try to track down about 50 people who had their voting credentials returned as undeliverable... The lawsuit was brought by One Wisconsin Institute. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Wisconsin clerk rejects early voting site: Is that a form of voter suppression?
Ms. Teske also worried that making voting more accessible to students would favor the Democratic party, according to emails obtained by One Wisconsin Institute. [Christian Science Monitor]
Wisconsin Democrats ask U.S. Department of Justice for help monitoring polls on Election Day
One Wisconsin Institute had asked the judge to either suspend the state's voter ID law or put in place remedial measures to address issues with the IDPP. [Capital Times]
Wisconsin Clerk Refused to Set Up Early Voting Site, Fearing it Would Help Democrats
One Wisconsin Institute provided the emails to The Associated Press on Tuesday, after the Nation first reported about them. [Associated Press]
Email: Green Bay clerk sought to snuff campus early voting because ‘students lean more toward the Democrats’
The email went to an attorney for the state Elections Commission, and was obtained through a records request by the liberal group One Wisconsin Now [Institute]. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Dan Feyen Thinks Schools Don’t Deserve More Funding
A review of the impacts to schools in Senate District 18 reveals kids and taxpayers are paying the price for the destructive education policies Feyen supports.
One Wisconsin Institute Calls on Green Bay to Expand Early Voting Hours, Take Action to Prevent Lines on Election Day
It is time for Green Bay to stop making excuses and start taking simple, concrete steps to make sure every legal voter, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
One Wisconsin Institute asks city to reconsider early voting site at UWGB
One Wisconsin Institute, a non-partisan organization that fights for voter rights, is calling for the city to reconsider an early voting site on UW-Green Bay’s Campus. [WBAY-TV]
UWGB students upset by city clerk emails
State Rep. Eric Genrich... first contacted the city on Aug. 23, according to the emails, which were first obtained by the liberal One Wisconsin Institute. [Green Bay Press-Gazette]
A City Clerk Opposed an Early-Voting Site at UW–Green Bay Because ‘Students Lean More Toward the Democrats’
The e-mails were provided to The Nation following an open-records request by the One Wisconsin Institute. [The Nation]
Clerk opposed UWGB early voting site, thought it would help Democrats
“What was most alarming to us was that partisan considerations were made in denying the students access to early voting on campus,” Scot Ross. [WBAY-TV]
REVEALED: Wisconsin clerk limits voting near campus because ‘students lean more toward the Democrats’
Teske complained in the email, which was provided to The Nation as part of an open-records request by the One Wisconsin Institute. [Raw Story]
Wisconsin clerk feared early voting site helping Democrats
One Wisconsin Institute obtained emails that show state Rep. Eric Genrich was pressing her in August to open an early voting site on the campus. Teske refused. [WMTV-TV]
Mayor’s office responds to UWGB early voting decision
One Wisconsin Institute obtained emails that show state Rep. Eric Genrich was pressing her in August to open an early voting site on the campus. Teske refused. [WGBA-TV]
Green Bay clerk feared UWGB early voting site helping Democrats
"What did we see in April? Students having to wait in two-hour, two-and-a-half-hour-long lines in order to cast their ballot here," said Scot Ross. [WLUK-TV]
Clerk wanted to block early voting for students
The email was uncovered by the liberal One Wisconsin Institute through a public records request and first reported on Tuesday by The Nation. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Green Bay clerk opposed early voting on campus, feared it would benefit Democrats
The emails released Tuesday were obtained by the liberal group One Wisconsin Institute, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit that led to those changes, and first reported by The Nation. [Capital Times]
Wisconsin city clerk feared early-voting site on college campus would help Democrats
Progressive communications group One Wisconsin Now obtained the emails, and The Nation magazine first reported them Tuesday. [New York Daily News]
Rep. Ed Brooks Gives Wisconsin Women ‘A Lot of Reasons’ to Question His Agenda
When asked about equal pay, Brooks said, “If you dig down, there may be a lot of reasons why a man is getting paid more than a woman.”
Wisconsin clerk feared early voting site helping Democrats
Green Bay’s city clerk refused to set up an early voting site on the UW-Green Bay campus in part because she feared the site would help Democrats. [Associated Press]
Groups challenging voter ID law contesting state plan
"Even after being called out in federal court for its behavior, Gov. (Scott) Walker's administration continues to fail legal Wisconsin voters." [Associated Press]
City Clerk Reportedly Didn’t Want to Open Early-Voter Site Because It’d Help Democrats
Judge Peterson’s late-July decision in the One Wisconsin Institute case opened the door for clerks to establish satellite in-person absentee voting locations. [LawNewz]
BREAKING: The Nation Report Reveals Green Bay City Clerk Opposed an Early Voting Site at UW-Green Bay Because ‘Students Lean More Toward the Democrats’
The Nation reveals the Green Bay City Clerk opposed having a satellite voting location on campus based on her belief ‘students lean more toward the democrats’