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Tag: election
Posted inGovernment
Nearly 200 Madison ballots went uncounted. Officials don’t know exactly how.
Madison election officials discovered 193 absentee ballots well after Election Day. They didn’t alert the public until seven weeks later.
Posted inGovernment
Wisconsin voters reject ballot questions that would limit governor’s power to spend federal money
Wisconsin voters rejected Republican-authored ballot questions that would have limited the governor’s power to spend federal money that comes to the state for such things as disaster relief, a big win for Democrats.
Posted inGovernment
GOP Senate candidate says he doesn’t oppose elderly people voting
Eric Hovde emphasized this week that he doesn’t oppose elderly people voting after initially saying that “almost nobody in a nursing home” is at a point in life where they are capable of voting.
Posted inGovernment
Wisconsin voters approve ban on private election grants as Biden, Trump win primary
Private money to fund elections will be banned in Wisconsin after voters Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment put forward by Republicans in reaction to grants received in 2020 that were funded by donations from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Posted inForward
5 things to watch during Tuesday’s spring election
Here are five things we’ll be watching for Tuesday as Wisconsin residents cast their ballots.
Posted inGovernment
Rural Wisconsin communities struggle to get candidates to run for local offices
What if there were an election and no one ran? That’s the case in some rural areas where there are sometimes no candidates for an elected office.
Posted inForward, Government
Wisconsin ballot questions on election administration are too vague, officials say
Wisconsin residents will vote Tuesday on two proposed amendments to the state constitution. Many election officials don’t know exactly how the broadly written proposals would be interpreted by state election officials and the courts.
Posted inForward
Next week’s election features powerful people you may have never heard of
Wisconsinites in 34 counties will elect some of the most powerful office holders in their communities: circuit court judges.
Posted inGovernment, Justice & Safety
Former Milwaukee election official found guilty of obtaining fake absentee ballots
A jury found a former Milwaukee election official accused of obtaining fake absentee ballots guilty Wednesday of misconduct in office and fraud.
Posted inGovernment
Wisconsin voters to decide on banning private money to help fund elections
Wisconsin voters are set to decide next month whether to make it unconstitutional to accept private grant money to help administer state elections, one of two Republican-backed ballot measures.
Posted inForward
Assembly Democrats line up for open state Senate seat
Despite a shot at winning a legislative majority for the first time in 14 years, a wave of Democrats will leave the state Assembly early next year, with several retiring and a handful of others running for different offices.