Elections

Elections (Illustration by Morgaine Ford-Workman)
Elections Maps Are Supposed to be Redrawn This Year. Republicans Want to Delay the Process, Upholding Their Gerrymander.

Census tampering by former President Trump is delaying results and delaying plans to put fair maps in front of voters for the next decade.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring June 7, 2021 4:35 pm CDT
Elections Poll workers in Ashland during the April 7, 2020 election. (Contributed photo)
Elections Wisconsin Democrats Want to Require GOP Lawmakers to Walk a Mile in Poll Workers’ Shoes

Bill would mandate Election Day service. Goal is to reduce unfounded claims about election integrity.

Olivia Stern Olivia Stern April 30, 2021 4:42 pm CDT
Elections (Illustration by Morgaine Ford-Workman)
Elections Different Approaches on Fixing Elections vs. ‘The Fix Is In’

Ranked-choice voting could lead to more independent candidates and less extreme behavior by major party candidates.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring April 19, 2021 10:57 am CDT
Courts
Courts State Supreme Court Rejects Right-Wing Legal Group’s Effort to Deregister 70,000 Voters

Two conservative justices join liberals in striking down the attempted deregistration of tens of thousands of voters.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski April 9, 2021 10:15 am CDT
Elections Jill Underly will become Wisconsin's next State Superintendent of Public Instruction. (Photo provided)
Elections Underly Wins State Superintendent Post While GOP Holds On to Two Legislative Seats

Conservative-backed candidates win two Court of Appeals judgeships as voters take part in local, non-partisan elections.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson April 7, 2021 12:22 pm CDT

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Elections Voters cast their ballots last November at the Zwingli United Church of Christ in the Dane County community of Paoli. (Photo by Andy Manis/Getty Images)
Elections Election Day Is Here: Local Offices and State Education Leader Among the Contests

Polls are open until 8 p.m. for spring non-partisan races and two special elections to fill vacant seats in the state Legislature.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow April 6, 2021 9:11 am CDT
Education A finished clean room with stacked chairs in the science room at the Mildred Avenue K-8 School building in Boston's Mattapan, which were being cleaned for the reopening of school on July 9, 2020. Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Education Wisconsin Schools Have 69 Referenda on Ballots. Some Just Ask for Basic Funds.

From keeping programs in place to bringing sites into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, cash-starved schools are asking their communities for extra funding due to the Legislature’s restrictions.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski April 2, 2021 3:33 pm CDT