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Voting Stewart Karge, an attorney for the Trump campaign, raises procedural objections Friday morning to the Milwaukee County Board of Canvassers during the county's recount. (Photo by Jonathon Sadowski)
Voting WI Recount Critics Say Trump Is Trying to Litigate Himself Into a Second Term

Since Friday’s start of the recount, Trump’s legal team has filed a litany of objections, laying the groundwork to challenge potentially hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of ballots in court.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski November 23, 2020 4:31 pm CST
Voting The League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County’s Comité por el Voto Latino/Latinx Voter Outreach Committee promotes its "Your Vote is Your Voice" campaign. (Photo provided by the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin)
Voting League of Women Voters Changed Methods in 2020. The Result Was Record Turnout in Wisconsin.

Women associated with various League of Women Voters locations across the state describe what it takes to boost civic participation.

Jessica VanEgeren Jessica VanEgeren November 18, 2020 11:08 am CST
Voting Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette Law School Poll, speaks in a Wednesday virtual luncheon hosted by the Milwaukee Milwaukee Press Club. Franklin gave a postmortem of polling errors in Wisconsin for the 2020 presidential election and talked about why virtually every poll seems to miss a significant segment of Donald Trump's supporters. (Screenshot)
Voting Why Were Polls So Wrong? One Pollster Thinks the Answer Lies With Trump.

Wisconsin’s most prominent pollster gives his theories on why presidential election polls were so wrong in 2016 and 2020.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski November 11, 2020 4:40 pm CST
Elections Voters cast their ballot at the Zwingli United Church of Christ on Election Day. (Photo by Andy Manis/Getty Images)
Elections For Wisconsin Voters, This Election Was a Clear Choice… for Their Candidate

No “both parties are the same” false equivalency this time. Ballots were cast with fervor for Biden or Trump.

UpNorthNews Staff November 3, 2020 8:17 pm CST
Voting Clerk Mary Price stands outside the 109-year-old Perry Town Hall. Located in a rural corner of Dane County, Wis., its population is 670. (Photo by Susan Lampert Smith)
Voting Rural Perry’s Only Polling Site Finally Gets Internet and Toilet for Election Day

Recent upgrades made possible through Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act grant.

Susan Lampert Smith Susan Lampert Smith November 3, 2020 1:49 pm CST

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Houligan’s Steak & Seafood Pub co-owner Jon Seybold has been forced to lay off about half of his 30 employees because of significantly decreased revenues as the coronavirus pandemic continues. (Photo by Julian Emerson) Business COVID-19 Killing Small Businesses, Restaurant, Taverns. They Need a Financial Boost
President Donald Trump breaks ground with former Gov. Scott Walker (2nd L), Foxconn CEO Terry Gou (2nd R), former U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) (R) and Christopher “Tank” Murdock (L), the first Wisconsin Foxconn employee, at a ceremony for the Foxconn Technology Group computer screen plant on June 28, 2018, in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. Foxconn had committed to build a $10 billion plant in what it has named the Wisconn Valley Science and Technology Park, and to create 13,000 Wisconsin jobs. That has not yet happened. (Photo by Andy Manis/Getty Images) Business Apparently Foxconn Will Be Making Google Server Parts in Wisconsin
For the past four months, 25-year-old Veronica Lourich has been chalking the images of groundbreaking individuals on the sidewalk near her Madison home. (Photo by Jessica VanEgeren) Our Wisconsin For One Madison Woman, Chalk Art Is Her Activism
Few things can melt away life's daily challenges and spark gratitude quite like being on Lake Wissota at sunset. (Photo by Pat Kreitlow) Opinion At UpNorthNews, We Have Our Own Reasons to Give Thanks
Voting Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, left, urges people to vote during a stop in Eau Claire with US Sen. Tammy Baldwin. The duo made appearances earlier in the day in Green Bay and Wausau. (Photo by Julian Emerson).
Voting Baldwin and Top Democrats Make Final Voter Turnout Push to Avoid 2016 Repeat

Trump won Wisconsin after sharply lower Democratic turnout in 2016.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson November 2, 2020 5:39 pm CST
Voting Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway beat four other Wisconsin mayors to a competition to see who could get the highest percentage of registered voters to submit absentee ballots at 62%. All of the other four cities had more than 49% of registered voters submit absentee ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Voting Mayors of Wisconsin’s Five Largest Cities: Voting Will Be Safe and Secure

Roughly 50% of registered voters have already submitted absentee ballots in the state’s five largest cities.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring November 2, 2020 5:14 pm CST