"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]
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]
"That line between campaign and the actual public office of the attorney general's office is being erased," said Jenni Dye, research director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
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]
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One Wisconsin Now executive director Scot Ross called out Kelly’s lack of judicial experience and said his selection was politically-motivated. [Wisconsin Public Radio]
According to... One Wisconsin Now, Kelly was general counsel for the Kern Family Foundation whose founders... have made individual contributions totalling $220,000 to Walker. [Capital Times]
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 liberal group One Wisconsin Now [called] him "Exhibit A of the dangerous extremism" being supported by the Republican Party and their presumptive nominee. [Wisconsin Radio Network]
Back in Wisconsin, the liberal group One Wisconsin Now issued a press release calling Clarke "extremist, bombastic and incompetent." [Capital Times]
Mike Browne said in an email to The Badger Herald that Gannon’s proposal would allow guns in places where they should not be like schools, hospitals and private businesses. [Badger Herald]
One Wisconsin Now dismissed Ryan’s poverty tour as supplication for his past comments dividing the country into “makers and takers.” [Racine Journal Times]
"Gov. Walker is tooling around the state on our dime hearing from an exclusive audience recruited to tell him what he wants to hear," said One Wisconsin Now. [Capital Times]
Jenni Dye, who first made her Twitter account public during the Wisconsin protests against Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011 anti-union law, considers that moment a “sweet spot in the emergence of social media.” [Moyers & Company]
"It sure is 'Midwest nice' of Gov. Walker to give Republicans a place to drown their sorrows over Donald Trump being their presidential nominee." [Associated Press]
[One Wisconsin Now] said the initiative is an effort to promote Walker's political agenda through litigation and "propaganda." [Capital Times]
One Wisconsin Now criticized the announcement, [calling it] an effort by Governor Scott Walker’s campaign chair to do what the governor has been unable to accomplish with his policies. [Wisconsin Radio Network]
“All the lawsuits and propaganda they file isn’t going to change the fact that Gov. Walker has failed the people of Wisconsin over and over and over again,” said Scot Ross with One Wisconsin Now. [Associated Press]
Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, said the new center and the Bradley Foundation don't represent the state's citizens and their needs. [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]
The lawsuit was brought by the liberal group One Wisconsin Institute Inc., social justice group Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund and 10 voters. [Associated Press]
Spiva represents two liberal groups, One Wisconsin Institute... as well as people who have had difficulty getting photo IDs. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
It was brought by the liberal One Wisconsin Institute, which claim the laws discriminate against minorities, the poor, and young voters. [Wisconsin Radio Network]
The lawsuit was brought by the liberal group One Wisconsin Institute Inc., social justice group Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund and 10 voters. [Associated Press]
The lawsuit by the liberal One Wisconsin Institute targets Wisconsin's voter ID law, restrictions on in-person absentee voting and the elimination of straight-ticket voting, among other changes. [Wisconsin Public Radio]
You ought to be free to love whomever you want, and you ought not be denied the same rights as others because you want to marry that person. It’s just common sense. [Capital Times]
Budgets are about choices and Gov. Walker and the Republican Legislature chose to give a $300 million tax break to millionaires and billionaires. [Associated Press]
This decision protecting the rights of women is a powerful reminder of why courts matter. [WITI-TV]
This decision protecting the rights of women is a powerful reminder of why courts matter. [Wisconsin Gazette]
Scot Ross refuted a report that found there have been few impacts on the state's education workforce since the act's passage. [Wisconsin Public Television]
"He certainly checks Bradley's biggest boxes," said Scot Ross, head of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, which closely tracks the foundation. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
The lawsuit launched by liberal groups One Wisconsin Institute... argues that Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-led Legislature enacted changes in state election law to make it harder for people of color to vote [Isthmus]
Liberal group One Wisconsin Institute has challenged the law in another lawsuit, but that action is still pending and the ID requirement was in effect for the February state primary election and April's presidential primary. [Associated Press]
Republican suppression strategy on voting rights is to pass laws making voting as difficult as possible for disfavored classes of voters... This is what is being addressed in... One Wisconsin Institute v. Nichol. [MAL Contends]
The liberal group One Wisconsin Now raised questions about the timing of that proposal in relation to the ongoing Trump University investigation and Trump's donation to Walker. [Capital Times]
The next time Paul Ryan is held out as the intellectual heart of the Republican Party remember he is voting to give Donald Trump the codes to our nation’s nuclear arsenal. [Capital Times]
Scot Ross of the liberal One Wisconsin Now said, "Paul Ryan doesn't get to split the baby; you endorse Trump and you endorse the sexism, the racism and his dangerous views on foreign policy." [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
“Donald Trump is a racist, misogynistic narcissist who has won the Republican presidential nomination by appealing to the most repugnant elements in American politics,” said Scot Ross. [Racine Journal Times]
One Wisconsin Institute argues that changes in election law by the Republican-led legislature were intentionally done to make it harder for minorities to cast ballots. [Urban Milwaukee]
The crisis of college affordability and student loan debt demands solutions. Turning students into modern-day indentured servants is not among them. [Wisconsin State Journal]
The legal fight over Wisconsin’s photo ID voting requirement put it back in the political spotlight this month, with the state a key front in the national battle surrounding such laws. [Wisconsin State Journal]