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Update: Federal Court Judge Rules on April Election
The federal judge in Madison extended the deadline to apply for absentee ballots, as well as the deadline for those ballots to be received.
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Update: Federal Court Judge Rules on April Election
U.S. District Judge William Conley ruled Thursday afternoon that he does not have the authority to delay Wisconsin’s spring election. Despite widespread concerns about how…
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Tom Barrett has been mayor of Milwaukee for 16 years and he's looking to make it an even two decades of running Wisconsin's largest city.…
Update: Elections Commission Prepares Municipalities for Voting During COVID Outbreak
At an emergency meeting Friday night, the Wisconsin Elections Commission approved guidance that elections officials cannot broadly suggest voters are indefinitely confined under Gov. Tony…
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