A Wisconsin judge running for a seat on the state supreme court sued two conservative interest groups Friday, claiming the groups distributed TV ads with false claims about her past roles prosecuting and sentencing sex offenders in order to damage her campaign.
Read moreArizonans for Fair Elections et al. sued Arizona and all of its counties in federal court, claiming its law that signatures for citizen initiatives must be “gathered in the presence of a circulator” is an unconstitutional burden during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A Wisconsin federal judge on Thursday extended absentee voting deadlines for the state’s primary next Tuesday but found federal courts lack the power to delay the election altogether, despite making it clear he believed it should have been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A federal judge refused to dismiss defamation claims against more than a dozen news outlets that called a former coal CEO and Republican Senate candidate a felon, even though he was convicted of a lesser charge.
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Officials from a liberal-leaning Wisconsin county accused state Republicans of playing politics Monday in response to a petition filed in the state’s highest court challenging the county clerk’s decision to waive photo ID requirements for absentee ballots in next week’s primary in light of Covid-19 disruptions.
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Wisconsin’s Democratic governor on Friday called for the state’s upcoming April primary to be conducted solely via mail-in absentee ballot, following the lead of other states that have changed their primary process as the coronavirus outbreak worsens.
Read moreA group of Wisconsin voters filed a federal lawsuit Thursday asking state officials to drop a requirement that absentee ballots be signed by a witness in addition to the voter, arguing many people in virus-induced isolation don’t have a witness and won’t be able to vote.
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A judge in Virginia’s capital has sided with a GOP Senate primary candidate who said the coronavirus outbreak stunted his ability to collect enough signatures to get on the ballot and the threshold should be lowered.
Read moreIn a combination of in-courtroom and teleconference proceedings, attorneys presented oral arguments to the Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday to determine if a recall election can proceed against Governor Mike Dunleavy.
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Green Bay is asking Wisconsin officials to postpone the state’s April primary election in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, arguing in a federal lawsuit that the city cannot safely conduct in-person voting due to the safety risks presented by the virus.
Read moreThe state Legislature failed to prove that the California Voter Participation Rights Act can be applied to charter cities, an appeals court in the state ruled. The legislation is intended to compel municipalities to move local election dates to coincide with statewide elections to increase voter turnout.
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Prompting more than half the justices to recuse themselves, the Georgia Supreme Court announced Monday it will hear two lawsuits brought by would-be candidates for the court after a scheduled election for a vacant seat was canceled.
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A former staffer from billionaire Mike Bloomberg’s failed presidential bid sued the campaign Monday, saying the tycoon reneged on his promise of pay and benefits through November 2020, leaving the team without health insurance in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James called Monday for automatic absentee voting as the presidential primary draws nearer in the U.S. epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Wisconsin voters will have extra time to register to vote before spring elections, a federal judge ordered in a lawsuit from liberals seeking to change certain election rules in response to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Read moreSix residents sued Cibolo, Texas, its mayor Stanley “Stosh” Boyle and three other councilmembers in federal court, claiming Boyle failed to disclose his felony conviction while running for office, silenced their speech, and “filed baseless police reports” against some of them.
Read morePlaintiffs affiliated with the Democratic Party may pursue their claims challenging the placement of party candidates on election ballots based on the number of votes from previous elections, a federal court in West Virginia ruled, finding that the ballot order may burden plaintiffs’ First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
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Millions of voters sat out the nationwide municipal elections in France on Sunday because of the coronavirus pandemic and a final round of voting set for next Sunday will likely be postponed as the country considers imposing a nationwide lockdown.
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Despite the coronavirus outbreak worsening in France, voters are heading to the polls on Sunday to elect mayors and municipal governments in what will become a test case for democracy during a global pandemic.
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A Wisconsin-based conservative group asked the state supreme court Wednesday to review a decision leaving over 200,000 people who may have moved on the voter rolls, putting pressure on the justices to fast-track resolution of a lawsuit with huge implications for elections this year.
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