Category: Wisconsin

Facts Matter (March 23): Federal Lawsuit Working to Get 3 GOP Congressmen Disqualified From 2022 Ballot, Allege Insurrection

In Wisconsin, local Democratic Party activists have gotten creative with how they’re trying to win the midterm elections. Specifically, they have filed a lawsuit in federal court arguing that three of the incumbent Republicans (one senator and two House members) should actually be barred from serving in office. Their argument is that since these three lawmakers…


Supreme Court Rejects Wisconsin Election Map Drawn by Democratic Governor

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on March 23 Wisconsin state legislative maps drafted by the state’s Democratic governor and approved by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. At the same time, the U.S. Supreme Court also declined to block a new congressional map for the state that was chosen by the Wisconsin court. Republicans currently hold…


Dems Sue to Disqualify 3 GOP Congressmen From 2022 Ballot, Alleging Role in Insurrection, Election Manipulation

Democratic Party activists in Wisconsin filed suit in federal court, arguing that a pro-Trump senator and two pro-Trump congressmen should be barred from office for speaking out on 2020 election irregularities and allegedly attempting to manipulate the congressional certification of the presidential election results. The Wisconsin Republican lawmakers targeted by the suit are two-term Sen….


Democrats Sue to Disqualify 3 GOP Congressmen From 2022 Ballot, Alleging Role in Insurrection, Election Manipulation

Democratic Party activists in Wisconsin have filed a suit in federal court arguing that a pro-Trump senator and two pro-Trump congressmen should be barred from office for speaking out on 2020 election irregularities and allegedly attempting to manipulate the congressional certification of the presidential election results. The Wisconsin Republican lawmakers targeted by the suit are…


Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Rejects Calls to Decertify 2020 Election

Republican Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Wednesday that he doesn’t believe that decertifying the 2020 election would be legally possible. Vos met with Republican activists who are seeking to decertify the 2020 election in the state at the state Capitol on Wednesday before rejecting calls to decertify. “I still believe that the Constitution and…


Facts Matter (March 16): Election Official Charged With Ballot Tampering and Misconduct in 2020 Election

With the midterm elections coming up soon, I’d like to highlight several developments related to election integrity. To start with, an elections official in the state of Michigan was recently charged with a felony count of illegally tampering with ballots during the primary election in 2020. Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, it appears that the city of…


Wisconsin GOP Appeals Redistricting Loss to Supreme Court

Wisconsin Republicans are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an electoral map drawn by the state’s Democratic governor, Tony Evers, which they say is racially skewed, in favor of one crafted by the GOP-controlled state legislature. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin voted 4-3 to adopt congressional and legislative districts drawn by…


Wisconsin Crime Lab Destroys Rifle Used by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha

The rifle Kyle Rittenhouse used to shoot three people, two fatally, in self-defense during a riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020, has been destroyed. The Smith & Wesson M&P 15 rifle was seized by Kenosha police officers after the shootings and Rittenhouse’s attorneys and prosecutors agreed in January that the gun would be destroyed….


Wisconsin Special Counsel Alleges Massive Misconduct in 2020 Election

Special Counsel Michael Gableman says in a 136-page interim report that he has uncovered numerous instances of alleged lawbreaking in Wisconsin in the 2020 election. The former justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court was hired last summer by the Republican Speaker of the State Assembly, Robin Vos, to investigate suspected election fraud during the 2020…


Wisconsin Supreme Court Approves Congressional, Legislative Maps Proposed by State’s Democratic Governor

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday approved congressional and legislative maps proposed by the state’s Democrat Gov. Tony Evers after ruling in November (pdf) that it would take a “least changes” approach to the maps. In a 4–3 decision, the court ruled that Evers’ maps, out of all the plans submitted, were the ones that kept in place…