Michels campaign: Receives endorsement from Governor Tommy Thompson

WEST ALLIS, Wisc. – Republican Tim Michels, the Army Veteran, Business executive, and political outsider running for governor, issued the following statement on receiving the endorsment of Governor Tommy Thompson: “I appreciate Governor Thompson’s endorsement and vote of confidence. Tommy Thompson knows what

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Rep. McGuire: Launches re-election campaign

KENOSHA, WI – State Representative Tip McGuire (D – Kenosha) who represents the 64th Assembly District which includes the cities of Kenosha and Racine, as well as the Villages of Somers, Mount Pleasant, and Elmwood Park, announced the launch of

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DA Toney: Applauds ruling on absentee ballot drop boxes

[Fond du Lac, WI…]  Today Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney, law enforcement’s choice for Attorney General, today applauded the decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to locate absentee ballot drop boxes in properly monitored locations. “The proliferation of

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Rep. Ramthuns: Statement on Supreme Court ruling on dropboxes

MADISON – State Representative Timothy Ramthun (R-Campbellsport) issued the following statement in response to today’s Supreme Court ruling on absentee ballot dropboxes: “Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 affirming that the use of absentee ballot dropboxes in Wisconsin is

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Rep. Hebl: Republican courts have abandoned the rule of law

(Madison) Today the Wisconsin Supreme Court declared unmanned ballot drop boxes illegal in Wisconsin, despite being an extremely safe and effective way to vote. Rep. Gary Hebl (Sun Prairie) released the following statement: This ruling required an intentional misreading of state

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Michels campaign: Receives endorsement from Governor Tommy Thompson

WEST ALLIS, Wisc. – Republican Tim Michels, the Army Veteran, Business executive, and political outsider running for governor, issued the following statement on receiving the endorsment of Governor Tommy Thompson: “I appreciate Governor Thompson’s endorsement and vote of confidence. Tommy Thompson knows what it takes to be a great governor of Wisconsin. We

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Michels campaign: Statement on Wisconsin Supreme Court decision

WEST ALLIS, Wisc. – Republican Tim Michels, the Army Veteran, Business executive, and political outsider running for governor, issued the following statement on today’s decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court: “I’m glad the court today sided with election integrity and affirmed our belief that unmanned drop boxes were illegal. However, to fully

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Rep. McGuire: Launches re-election campaign

KENOSHA, WI – State Representative Tip McGuire (D – Kenosha) who represents the 64th Assembly District which includes the cities of Kenosha and Racine, as well as the Villages of Somers, Mount Pleasant, and Elmwood Park, announced the launch of his re-election campaign yesterday while surrounded by supporters at the

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DA Toney: Applauds ruling on absentee ballot drop boxes

[Fond du Lac, WI…]  Today Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney, law enforcement’s choice for Attorney General, today applauded the decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to locate absentee ballot drop boxes in properly monitored locations. “The proliferation of absentee ballot drop boxes outside the parameters of the law

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Sen. Stroebel: Statement on WI Supreme Court drop box ruling

Madison, WI – Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled, in Richard Teigen v. WEC, that returning absentee ballots to drop boxes not at the clerk’s office violates Wisconsin election law. Sen. Stroebel (R – Cedarburg) issued the following statement:   “For two years I have witnessed an exhausting array of activist

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Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities: Shares concerns that WI Supreme Court ruling on voting will disproportionately impact voters with disabilities

(MADISON) – Today’s Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling to disallow most drop boxes will impact the voting rights of many Wisconsinites with disabilities. BPDD is relieved that federal law remains to protect the rights of voters with disabilities to have assistance with mailing or delivery of their absentee ballots. The ruling

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Rep. Ramthuns: Statement on Supreme Court ruling on dropboxes

MADISON – State Representative Timothy Ramthun (R-Campbellsport) issued the following statement in response to today’s Supreme Court ruling on absentee ballot dropboxes: “Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 affirming that the use of absentee ballot dropboxes in Wisconsin is illegal.” “I enthusiastically concur with the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s historic

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AFPI: Statement from Ken Blackwell on Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement from the Honorable Kenneth Blackwell, Chair of the Center for Election Integrity at AFPI: “Protecting the chain of custody for someone’s ballot is a critical part of making it easy to vote but hard to cheat. Today’s ruling by the

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Main Street Alliance: Statement on monthly employment data release

On the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly employment data release, Main Street Alliance’s Executive Director Chanda Causer had this to say: “Today’s news is even more evidence that what small businesses need now are large-scale, public investments that make it possible for small businesses to be the creators of good, high-quality jobs in

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Rep. Haywood: Statement on SCOWIS ruling on ballot drop boxes

Milwaukee, Wis – Assembly Democratic Assistant Leader Representative Kalan Haywood II (D- Milwaukee) released the following statement regarding the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ruling on ballot drop boxes:   “By prohibiting the use of drop boxes moving forward, the WI Supreme Court has further limited crucial access to the ballot box.

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Dept. of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection: Fields, Waters and Woods AEA conserves natural resources through farmland preservation, nutrient management planning

MADISON, Wis. – Established in 2014, the Fields, Waters and Woods Agricultural Enterprise Area (AEA) promotes farmland preservation and nutrient management planning to preserve its natural resources and agricultural lands. The AEA covers more than 41,000 acres in Ashland and Bayfield counties, spanning portions of the towns of Kelly, White

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Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin: Statement on President Biden’s Executive Order protecting abortion access

WISCONSIN – Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin (PPAWI) issued the following statement today, in response to President Biden’s Executive Order aimed at protecting reproductive health care in light of the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe. Statement from Mike Murray, Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of WI “PPAWI is grateful

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Disability Rights Wisconsin: Statement on Teigen v WEC

Today the Supreme Court of Wisconsin issued a ruling that will impact the voting rights of thousands of Wisconsinites with disabilities. While most drop boxes will no longer be allowed, DRW is pleased that federal law remains to protect the rights of voters with disabilities to have assistance with mailing

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Rep. Hesselbein: Responds to SCOWIS ruling prohibiting drop boxes

MIDDLETON – State Representative Dianne Hesselbein (D – Middleton) today responded to the decision of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin (SCOWIS) to prohibit the use of drop boxes: “This ruling, only weeks before the August primary election, will have drastic consequences for Wisconsinites around the state. By prohibiting the use

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Rep. Hebl: Republican courts have abandoned the rule of law

(Madison) Today the Wisconsin Supreme Court declared unmanned ballot drop boxes illegal in Wisconsin, despite being an extremely safe and effective way to vote. Rep. Gary Hebl (Sun Prairie) released the following statement: This ruling required an intentional misreading of state statutes. Extremist Republican operatives masquerading as objective jurists have completely

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