The Wisconsin Department of Justice is asking a judge to immediately put on hold his order that would require elections officials to verify the citizenship of all 3.6 million registered Wisconsin voters before the next statewide election in February.
Wisconsin does not require proof of citizenship to vote. A judge's order requires WEC to verify voter rolls and check new voters' citizenship status.
Wisconsin residents will have to have their voter registration status reviewed before the next statewide election in February, a county judge ordered.
Groups such as The MacIver Institute have been working with the Election Integrity Network Coalition to push for stronger requirements to verify that only those eligible to vote are allowed to do so in Wisconsin.
A judge ordered the Wisconsin Elections Commission to review the state's voter rolls by the Feb. 18 spring primary election
A bipartisan group of legislators and election officials is trying to improve the trust people have in Wisconsin’s election system.
Fred Clark, a Democrat from Bayfield, says he spent much of this past summer talking to voters of all political leanings about how changes in Washington D.C. were impacting them.
After Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed two bills on nuclear energy policy into law this summer, one Republican lawmaker is pursuing another proposal to reduce costs for energy companies.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul will run for reelection rather than joining the race to become the state’s next governer, Kaul announced Tuesday. Kaul made news Monday by appealing a Waukesha County ruling that would require the Wisconsin Election Commission to check its voter rolls with available information from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.