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Editorial | City’s argument in uncounted ballots case troubling

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Editorial | City’s argument in uncounted ballots case troubling

A coalition of voting rights groups, including the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, Common Cause Wisconsin, the ACLU of Wisconsin, the All in Wisconsin Fund and the group All Voting is Local proclaimed: "Voting is a constitutional right. Once a state permits absentee voting, every voter who lawfully casts an absentee ballot has the right to have their ballot counted. Full stop."

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Editorial | City’s argument in uncounted ballots case troubling

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Editorial | City’s argument in uncounted ballots case troubling

A coalition of voting rights groups, including the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, Common Cause Wisconsin, the ACLU of Wisconsin, the All in Wisconsin Fund and the group All Voting is Local proclaimed: "Voting is a constitutional right. Once a state permits absentee voting, every voter who lawfully casts an absentee ballot has the right to have their ballot counted. Full stop."

Steil joins House GOP in pushing proof-of-citizenship voting act

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Steil joins House GOP in pushing proof-of-citizenship voting act

House Republicans rushed to approve legislation on Wednesday that would impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements ahead of the midterm elections, a long shot Trump administration priority that faces sharp blowback in the Senate.

Facing Pushback, MPD Halts Use of Facial Recognition Technology

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Facing Pushback, MPD Halts Use of Facial Recognition Technology

Facing community pushback and a possible Fire & Police Commission (FPC) directive, the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) is pausing its use of facial recognition technology.

Wisconsin voting groups call Madison absentee ballot defense ‘dangerous’

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Wisconsin voting groups call Madison absentee ballot defense ‘dangerous’

Six Wisconsin voting groups are now joining the Democracy Defense Project and Gov. Tony Evers in objecting to Madison and former clerk's legal argument that absentee voting is not a constitutional right.

Liberals criticize Madison officials’ stance on absentee voting

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Liberals criticize Madison officials’ stance on absentee voting

"Voting is a constitutional right. Once a state permits absentee voting, every voter who lawfully casts an absentee ballot has the right to have their ballot counted. Full stop," the groups wrote.

Wisconsin Congressman sponsors sweeping election reform legislation

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Wisconsin Congressman sponsors sweeping election reform legislation

Congressman Bryan Steil’s MEGA Act has a laundry list of goals. It would require photo ID to vote, require states to verify citizenship during voter registration, require strong voter list maintenance, require mail-in ballots to be received by the close of polls on Election Day (with exceptions for military members overseas), and require states to use auditable paper ballots. It would also ban ballot harvesting, ban ranked choice voting and ban universal vote by mail.

Bianca Shaw Named State Director of Common Cause Wisconsin

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Bianca Shaw Named State Director of Common Cause Wisconsin

A new Common Cause leader will drive the organization’s pro-democracy work in Wisconsin, as Bianca Shaw joins the team as its newest state director.

Why are Wisconsin Supreme Court elections so expensive and what can be done about it?

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Why are Wisconsin Supreme Court elections so expensive and what can be done about it?

Some of those factors have pushed high court races in other states into the seven- or even eight-figure range, but only Wisconsin — the first to see nine-figure spending on a court contest — has all of them.

“It’s the whole picture that makes us so obscene,” says Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause Wisconsin, which advocates for transparent and accountable government.

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