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In evenly split Wisconsin, partisan divides may only grow
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Close elections may become more common in Wisconsin, fueling participation but also more political divisiveness
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‘We’re not going to be quiet’: Disability community in Wisconsin demands better access to voting
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State’s decentralized election system makes it hard to guarantee accessibility; definition of ‘indefinitely confined’ under challenge
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Wisconsin caucuses pose thorny safety issues during pandemic
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Some towns and villages require residents to choose local candidates in January gatherings. Do these caucuses violate disability and voting rights?
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Wisconsin’s nonvoters could be a powerful bloc — but barriers, disillusionment stand in the way
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Working digitally and on the streets of Milwaukee, activists tried to convince nonvoters to go to the polls, but distrust and disgust kept some away
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A pandemic. False fraud claims. A misplaced flash drive. How Milwaukee elections chief led high-pressure vote count.
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Facing intense scrutiny, Claire Woodall-Vogg fought against ‘racially motivated’ attempts to suppress voting in the 2020 election.
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Wisconsin GOP lawmakers call for tighter voting rules; Dems call election hearing a ‘sham’
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Republicans called for changes to election law and made broad allegations of fraud and misconduct but offered little proof.
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Despite a surge in absentee voting, changes to ballot processing languish in Wisconsin
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Municipal clerks have urged the Legislature to allow processing of absentee ballots before Election Day. Those cries are growing louder.
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Wisconsin GOP official bucks Trump and draws backlash: ‘There is no fraud in this election’
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Lifelong Republican Rohn Bishop believes the GOP must stop trafficking in conspiracies and falsehoods, for the good of his party — and the country
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Could lawmakers ‘mess’ with Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes? Possibly.
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Experts say pro-Trump lawmakers could try to overturn voters’ will and send an alternate set of electors, but the Democratic governor could block the effort
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Trump Wisconsin recount seeks to throw out tens of thousands of votes in Democratic strongholds
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The president’s team wants to toss 170,000 in-person absentee ballots in Dane and Milwaukee counties; experts call the effort a long shot.
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‘Checks and balances’: Inside the life cycle of a Wisconsin absentee ballot
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President Donald Trump claims widespread fraud in states including Wisconsin. Elections officials say numerous safeguards make that nearly impossible.
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Misplaced Milwaukee flash drive morphs into false charges of vote fraud
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Milwaukee’s head of elections says the flash drive with absentee vote totals was always in the custody of election authorities or the police.