https://www.wpr.org/news/league-of-women-voters-sues-for-uniform-absentee-ballot-curing-process

A new lawsuit from the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin argues allowing clerks to decide whether or not to offer absentee voters a chance to correct information on their mail-in ballots violates the state Constitution.

The group is asking a Dane County judge to order a uniform and mandatory process for addressing defective ballots and notifying those who mail them.

The suit, filed Tuesday in Dane County Circuit Court, claims giving local clerks the discretion to create their own procedures for telling voters about how to fix missing or incomplete information on absentee ballot envelopes violates state Due Process provisions. The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin argues that’s because clerks in some communities can decide not to notify voters, who then won’t know their ballots weren’t counted until after the election.

“Accordingly, municipal clerks may arbitrarily determine whether and which defective ballots cast by mail-in absentee voters will ultimately be counted,” said League attorney Jon Sherman.

https://wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/law-forward-sues-elections-commission-over-rejection-of-madison-absentee-ballots/

The voting rights-focused firm Law Forward filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Commission Wednesday over the commission’s decision to throw out the spring election votes of 23 Madison voters whose absentee ballots were properly filled out and filed in time, yet were delivered by the city clerk’s office to poll sites after 8 p.m. on Election Day.

The six-member commission voted last week to order the Dane County Board of Canvass not to count the votes in its certification of the election results because the ballots were delivered minutes after the polls closed April 7. State law allows absentee ballots to be returned until polls close. Ballots can be returned through the mail, to absentee ballot drop boxes located around Madison, to the city clerk’s office or directly to the voter’s polling location.

The lawsuit, filed in Dane County Circuit Court, argues WEC’s application of the law is unconstitutional because the voters followed all the rules and their ballots were late through “no fault of their own.”

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Why should the Trump-appointed Postmaster General have a say in whose votes are counted?

https://crooksandliars.com/2026/05/wisconsin-republican-promised-2026-would

MADISON, Wis. — In January, GOP candidate for governor Tom Tiffany took a selfie in front of a Wisconsin gas station and told Wisconsinites that 2026 would be “the cheapest year for gas” in the past six years. Now, gas prices in Tiffany’s district have seen the highest spike of anywhere in Wisconsin. The surging costs come as Tiffany just voted against legislation to rein in the White House from entering into a costly and cost-raising war without congressional accountability.

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Please don't let this man be our governor.

https://wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/swing-district-republican-rep-dean-kaufert-of-neenah-announces-retirement/

Swing district Republican Rep. Dean Kaufert of

Neenah announces retirement

Rep. Dean Kaufert (R-Neenah) criticized heavy spending in state legislative races, which is likely to continue this year, as he announced his retirement Monday. His departure creates an open race for a swing Assembly district that could help determine control of the Assembly.

Kaufert said in a statement that the threat of fair elections have led him to retirement.

“After the state Supreme Court undid our gerrymandering you simply know it is time,” Kaufert said. “Loss of that advantage has led me to this decision, but it is not one I make lightly. Pretending to represent the Fox Valley has been an honor and privilege.”

Kaufert represents Assembly District 53, which encompasses Neenah, Menasha and part of Appleton. Kaufert was the mayor of Neenah from 2014 to 2022 and also previously served in the state Assembly from 1991 to 2015.