WI
Van Hollen v. Government Accountability Board
Wisconsin AG, J.B. Van Hollen, claims the state’s Government Accountability Board(GAB) is incompliant with HAVA by not retroactively running database matches and purging voters from registration rolls.
Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.
This case concerns an effort to obtain an exemption from the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 for radio ads aired by Wisconsin Right to Life during the 2004 election campaign of Senator Russ Feingold.
Elections Board of the State of Wisconsin v. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
In 1999, the Brennan Center was lead counsel for a prominent state senator in five related cases in federal and state court regarding Wisconsin’s regulation of issue expenditures.
Last week, John Fund wrote about the demise of a recent Wisconsin elections bill. Unsurprisingly, Mr. Fund found a lot to dislike in the legislation. The curious thing is that among his targets was a new cause one would think he’d be championing….
Modernizing Voter Registration, the Wisconsin Way
It is, perhaps, unusually appropriate that the voter registration reform of the cycle should be introduced in a state claiming “Forward” as its official motto.
Iowa Passes Corporate Governance Fixes to Citizens United
Iowa leads the way in repairing what Citizens United wiped out: to replace the state’s corporate political expenditure laws, they’ve now instituted rules that require board approvals for corporate political spending.
Illustrations by Risko
Buying Time—Michigan and Alabama Join Costly Wisconsin
Judicial campaign spending increases in these states.
Buying Time—Special Interests and Supreme Court Elections
With only six weeks to go before Election Day, special interest groups have been conspicuously absent from television advertising campaigns in state supreme court elections.
Study Exposes Lack of Standards for Appointing Defense Counsel
This report covers unfair practices in effect in states including Florida, Tennessee, Ohio, and Nebraska, and highlights best practices in others, like Massachusetts, Washington, and Vermont. People are often wrongly denied defense counsel, violating 6th Amendment.
Testimony of Justin Levitt before the Wisconsin State Legislature
Testimony before the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Elections and Campaign Reform and the Senate Committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs in favor of two voter registration modernization bills
Letter to the Wisconsin State Supreme Court, regarding amendments to rules on recusal
This letter, by Counsel Adam Skaggs, includes support, commentary and suggestions regarding amendments to the Code of Judicial Conduct’s rules on recusal, was sent to the Wisconsin Supreme Court Clerk on 10/09/09.
Letter to Secretaries of State re: Premier Voting Systems
Joint letter to 31 Secretaries of State where Premier voting systems are in use regarding product defect and recommending rigorous ballot accounting procedures.
Ballot Library—Kewaunee County
In Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, voters were presented with a ballot that divided the Governor’s race into two columns.
Leading up to the November 2008 election, the Brennan Center is releasing real-time reports on television advertising in state Supreme Court elections. This is on Wisconsin’s race.
Wisconsin State Court, Butler Ad, Mar. 3, 2008
Ad from Wisconsin State Supreme Court race. Ad features Justice Louis Butler.