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Wisconsin's top state court on Wednesday said an 1849 state law banning abortion in virtually all cases cannot be enforced, rejecting claims that it was revived after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling three years ago.
Such a path could drastically raise the stakes for federal investigations of state or county officials, bringing the department and the threat of criminalization into the election system.
Hundreds of municipalities use Badger Book, but big cities that adopt the technology would likely have to have their own support staff.
A majority of Wisconsin voters oppose Governor Tony Evers seeking a third term in office, according to a new survey from Marquette Law School.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday published a new administrative rule guiding the conduct of election observers.
It’s meant to offer clarity on things like who can observe elections, says what election observers can do, and creates a more streamlined set of instructions for election observers
That's false. There is nothing in the legislation that would allow Trump, or any future president, to stop an election from going forward.
Abortion providers in the state resumed the procedure in 2023 after a judge ruled that a more recent law superseded the 176-year-old ban.
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republican prosecutors in Wisconsin said they intended to enforce the old law.