Stories tagged: "Voting 2020"

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Elections Appeals Court Blocks Absentee Ballot Extension, for Now

Madison-based federal judge’s order allowing extra time won’t go into effect until further arguments are heard.

September 28, 2020 12:41 pm CDT
Politics Officials have until Nov. 9, six days after Election Day, to count absentee ballots in Wisconsin this year. (Photo © Lola Abu-Shawareb)
Politics We Might Not Know Wisconsin’s Election Results on Nov. 3. That’s OK.

Absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 election must be counted as far out as Nov. 9, as long as they are postmarked by Election Day.

September 25, 2020 2:24 pm CDT
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Voting Carol Craig Was Surprised by How Little Her Students Knew About Voting. So She Helped Create Chippewa Valley Votes.

Nonpartisan group aims to fill the voter literacy gap by providing information, help to all voters.

September 22, 2020 12:55 pm CDT
Elections Stickers like this are a recruitment tool being used by the nonpartisan Poll Hero Project, which works to turn politically active teens and young adults into election day poll workers. (Photo by Ethan Duran)
Elections More than 22,000 Young People Will Work As Poll Workers in November, Thanks to Poll Hero Project

The nonpartisan organization finds politically active Instagram users with geotags for high schools in different cities, then asks them to become poll workers.

September 22, 2020 9:57 am CDT
Voting Carl Fields, program manager at the Racine Hospitality Center and Racine-Kenosha organizer for the organization Ex-incarcerated People Organizing, sits Friday at Monument Square in downtown Racine. Fields was released from prison in 2016 but will be on extended supervision until 2033, meaning he won’t be able to cast a ballot until the 2034 midterm elections. (Photo by Pat A. Robinson)
Voting Wisconsin Law Prevents 50,000 Citizens From Voting

Wisconsin is one of 30 states that disenfranchises people convicted of felonies who are out of prison but still on supervision.

September 21, 2020 8:28 am CDT

Continuing Coverage

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. Politics Four Years in and Pressed in Debate, Trump Still Has No Healthcare Plan
President Donald Trump is facing increased criticism for avoiding tax payments for 11 out of the past 18 years. (Image via Shutterstock) Politics Trump Tax Report Is a Reminder of Wisconsin’s Own Loopholes
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden met with Captain Cher Kai Xiong (middle), a Hmong veteran, and Yee Leng Xiong, the executive director of the Hmong American Center in Wausau, during his visit to Wisconsin last week. (Photo provided) Elections Biden Met Privately With Hmong Secret War Vet During Last Week’s Wisconsin Visit
President Donald Trump speaking at a campaign rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on August 2, 2018. (Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com) Elections Trump’s Reported Plan to Stock Electoral College With Republicans Not Legally Possible in Wisconsin
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Elections Wisconsin Needs Election Poll Workers. Here’s How to Become One.

Those 16 years and older can earn money while working the Nov. 3 election.

September 17, 2020 11:05 am CDT
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Elections Drop Boxes for Absentee Ballots Popping Up Across the State

Ballots placed in the boxes emptied daily.

September 15, 2020 12:19 pm CDT