Imagine a Wisconsin where a woman would not be able to legally have her birth control prescription filled. It has happened, and it’s a powerful example of why courts matter. [Capital Times]
[One Wisconsin Institute says] the laws impose a disproportionate burden on people of color. The trial is expected to conclude late next week. [DailyKos]
One Wisconsin Institute countered that a comparison between the 2012 recall election and 2014 election would have shown a decrease in voter turnout. [Capital Times]
One Wisconsin Institute is challenging restrictions on early voting and the elimination of straight-ticket voting that Wisconsin Republicans have implemented over the past few years. [Think Progress]
The Republican case for voter obstruction as made at the bench trial of One Wisconsin Institute v. Nichol has veered into the vacuous and the bizarre. [MAL Contends]
The suit was brought by One Wisconsin [Institute]...with the argument that Republican officials passed the law and other related rules as an intentional means of disenfranchising voters. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
While it might be working for Republicans, this assault on voting is not working for Wisconsin. [Capital Times]
In the Wisconsin voting rights case, a series of voter suppression laws enacted into law by Wisconsin Republicans since 2011 are challenged. [MAL Contends]
Election clerks from predominantly white suburbs of Milwaukee testified Tuesday in support of new state voting laws. [Associated Press]
Plaintiffs are arguing that lawmakers intended to discriminate against non-white voters by passing the voter ID requirement. [Capital Times]
Recent Wisconsin laws limiting voting hours and requiring people to present ID at the polls, taken together, amount to state-sponsored discrimination. [Associated Press]
Some voters might not have been able to cast ballots this fall if not for a new state rule put in place on the eve of a trial over Wisconsin's voter ID law, the official responsible for issuing ID cards testified Monday. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
You have to hand it to the liberal political research group One Wisconsin [Institute]... So effective was the testimony at trial, it grabbed headlines and could change access to the ballot—and the even the outcome of the next elections. [The Progressive]
The polling argument today is back at another Wisconsin voting rights trial, One Wisconsin Institute v. Nichol (U.S. District Court of the Western District of Wisconsin (Case 15-cv-324). [MAL Contends]
"These DMV statistics show there's a disturbing pattern of voters being denied the franchise," said Mike Browne, deputy director of the liberal One Wisconsin Institute, one of the plaintiffs. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
People who die waiting for a state-issued voter ID are recorded as a "customer-initiated cancellation" by the state Department of Motor Vehicles. [Capital Times]
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A federal judge heard testimony Tuesday from Wisconsin residents who have faced difficulties obtaining photo IDs for themselves or family members. [Capital Times]
Wisconsin election laws on trial in federal court this week likely violate the federal Voting Rights Act. [Wisconsin State Journal]
A federal trial for the first time introduces evidence of the intent of Republicans to use photo voter ID to block voters by citing the words of Republican legislators [MAL Contends]
Plaintiffs in the suit include One Wisconsin Institute, the research arm of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now. [Wisconsin State Journal]
State defendants called the GOP voter laws fair as the liberal [One Wisconsin Institute] challenges voter IDs and other laws like a ten-day limit on early voting. [Hudson Star-Observer]
Scott Walker’s Republican legislative allies were “giddy” at the prospect that a radical rewrite of voting laws would benefit their political prospects. [The Nation]
Liberal Group One Wisconsin Institute social justice group Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund and 10 voters filed the lawsuit last June. [Associated Press]
“Walker’s slashed public education and higher education funds… to pay for these trickle down policies,” said Scot Ross, One Wisconsin Now. [Capital Times]
Todd Allbaugh – the first witness One Wisconsin Institute called – claims lawmakers adopted new requirements to discriminate against traditionally Democratic voters. [Courthouse News Service]
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 was brought by One Wisconsin Institute which argues state officials intentionally meant to make it harder for minorities to cast ballots. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Liberal group One Wisconsin Institute, Inc. filed the lawsuit last June. U.S. District Judge James Peterson has scheduled a bench trial to begin Monday in Madison. [Associated Press]
Based on his long history of self-dealing as a member of the Legislature, who better to target than Frank Lasee? [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Let’s celebrate the accomplishments of our graduates and let’s resolve to make sure they don’t face futures needlessly burdened by student debt. [Capital Times]
One Wisconsin Institute executive director Scot Ross... accused the Walker administration of repeatedly manipulating voting rules to gain a partisan advantage. [Associated Press]
A judge determined One Wisconsin Institute could keep alive their arguments that voters should be able to use a broader range of IDs for voting. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
The move comes just days before the state goes to trial over a challenge to Wisconsin's Voter ID law by the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, which claims that obtaining a state ID is so difficult some would-be eligible voters are simply giving up. [WKOW-TV]
Scot Ross, executive director of liberal group One Wisconsin Now, said OWN lawyers are reviewing the new rule. [Wisconsin State Journal]
The emergency rule is set to take effect on Friday, days before a federal court will hear arguments in a lawsuit against the state's voter ID law brought by the liberal One Wisconsin Institute. [Capital Times]
One Wisconsin Institute Executive Director Scot Ross issued a statement saying the group’s attorneys were reviewing the emergency rule. [Associated Press]
Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, said he thinks Ryan is trying to protect himself from further political fallout from Trump's campaign. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Reacting to news of the possibility of a sale of Badger Meter, liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now said in a news release that research in other states has shown that when right-to-work is enacted, the result is lower wages, less health care, fewer resources for schools and less workplace safety. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross made his regular appearance on UNSPUN to discuss how and why Trump is the last GOP candidate standing. [WMTV-TV]
Whether you identify as a conservative, progressive, or something in between, you have the chance to make your voice heard and urge your senators to do the right thing — ensure the Supreme Court continues to work for all of us. [Capital Times]
A recent filing in a lawsuit brought by One Wisconsin Institute and other voter rights advocates exposed serious flaws at the Department of Motor Vehicles in providing Wisconsinites with the ID that voters must now produce to cast their ballot at the polls. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
The question now is not whether Gov. Walker will appoint another right-wing lackey, but who this extreme Republican partisan will be. [WMTV-TV]
"Speaker Ryan wants to dull the edges of his party's political rhetoric, but their policies cut working families and those in need sharper than ever," said Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
"This new audit confirms that WEDC is the embodiment of the cronyism, corruption and incompetence of the Walker administration,” One Wisconsin Now’s Scot Ross told CMD. [Center for Media and Democracy]
One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross made his regular appearance on UNSPUN to discuss what's next in the Presidential race. [WMTV-TV]
In a recent complaint filed by One Wisconsin Institute... plaintiffs challenged several Wisconsin voting provisions, including 2011 Wisconsin Act 23. [State of Elections]
Among the critics were conservative and liberal groups including One Wisconsin Now, as well as ordinary citizens with no political ax to grind. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
U.S. District Judge James Peterson determined the liberal group One Wisconsin Now could keep alive its arguments that voters should be able to use a broader range of IDs for voting. [Appleton Post-Crescent]
The reversal came after nearly 1,900 emails and letters criticizing its action were sent to the board and posted to a state website. The change drew criticism from conservative and liberal groups alike, including... One Wisconsin Now. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]