According to research from the Brennan Center for Justice, lawmakers in forty-seven states have recently proposed legislation with restrictive provisions related to voting, including limiting early and absentee voting, voter ID law, election-day registration, disability access, and availability of polling places and ballot drop boxes. To get a clearer picture of what this means for […]
Wisconsin Supreme Court case could purge 129,000 voters
Earlier this month, the Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to take up a case that could purge around 129,000 voters from the state’s voter registration roles. The suit comes after months of competing legal cases over Wisconsin’s voter purging tactics. Today, WORT Producer Jonah Chester spoke with Wisconsin Watch contributor Michael Parksy. Parsky recently co-authored a […]
Wisconsin’s Voter Roll Purge and the Fight for Voting Rights
In November 2019, the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) filed a complaint against the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) arguing that they were required by state law to remove over 200,000 names from the voter rolls due to changes in residential address. On December 13, 2019, a judge ruled in WILL’s favor and the […]
Pledge Edition: Michael Waldman and “The Fight to Vote”
Today Carousel Bayrd talks with Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU and author of “The Fight to Vote.” His new book traces the history of voter rights and suppression in the US. Michael Waldman is a constitutional lawyer and writer, and is an expert on the presidency and American democracy, […]
