Four questions that Wisconsin justices weighing new electoral maps must answer – Isthmus | #elections | #alabama
The four-justice state Supreme Court majority that seems intent on ordering some new legislative district maps must answer some very complex logistical and political questions in whatever ruling it issues. In three hours of lively debate on Nov. 21, conservative justices repeatedly stressed that the district lines the court ordered in April 2022 are a […]
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New liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court asked to toss out Republican-drawn legislative maps | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
A lawsuit filed Wednesday asks the Wisconsin Supreme Court to toss out the state’s Republican-drawn legislative maps as unconstitutional, coming one day after the high court officially flipped to a liberal majority for the first time in 15 years. The lawsuit, filed by a coalition of law firms and voting rights advocacy groups, requests all 132 state […]
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Disabled voters win in Wisconsin; legal fights elsewhere | #elections | #alabama
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Trudy Le Beau has voted in every major election since she turned 18 — a half-century of civic participation that has gotten increasingly difficult as her multiple sclerosis progressed. Now, with no use of her arms or legs, the Wisconsin woman relies on her husband to help her fill out and […]
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No major problems with ballot drop boxes in 2020, AP finds | #elections | #alabama
ATLANTA (AP) — The expanded use of drop boxes for mailed ballots during the 2020 election did not lead to any widespread problems, according to an Associated Press survey of state election officials across the U.S. that revealed no cases of fraud, vandalism or theft that could have affected the results. The findings from both […]
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