WI: The dreaded ‘r’ word topped news in eventful ’12

By   /  December 28, 2012  /  2012 General Election, Elections, Featured, Health Care, Military Ballots, News, Politics, Politics & Elections, Recall, Senate, State Budgets, State Elections, State Government, State Politics, Supreme Court, Taxes, U.S. Senate, unions, Wisconsin  /  No Comments

Republicans on Monday announced a series of amendments to the mining bill that they say "tighten" the legislation's environmental regulations. Assembly and Senate committees are scheduled to take up the mining bill Wednesday.

 
By Kirsten Adshead  |  Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — Wisconsinites tired of elections and campaign ads probably will bid a welcome adieu to 2012, the year of seemingly endless political campaigns and elections.
It’s easy to forget, however, in the shadow of all-consuming elections, everything else that happened this year.
And several issues – voter ID, Act 10 among them [...]

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VA: Pentagon blasted for failing to get ballots to thousands of troops

By   /  November 6, 2012  /  Military Ballots, News, Politics & Elections, Virginia, Vote 2012  /  13 Comments

AWOL BALLOTS: Eric Eversole says Pentagon officials dropped the ball by failing to get ballots delivered to troops by Election Day.

By Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
FREDERICKSBURG — While Americans flocked to the polls on Tuesday, thousands of U.S. troops failed to receive their ballots.
A voting-rights group blasted the Pentagon for falling down on the job.
“It is another piece of this year’s frustrating military voting puzzle,” said Eric Eversole, head of the Military Voter Protection [...]

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WI: Week in Review — Ugly, uglier and ugliest

By   /  October 26, 2012  /  2012 General Election, Elections, Military Ballots, News, Politics & Elections, Uncategorized, Wisconsin  /  No Comments

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Part 9 of 29 in the series Week in Review

By Kirsten Adshead  |  Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – Just over a week until Election Day and, well, it’s getting nasty.
People are allegedly being beaten for their political views and sexual orientation, U.S. Senate candidates are swapping accusations over 9/11 and Iran, and the presidential campaigns are, surprise, [...]

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WI: GAB, Romney campaign reach accord on military ballots lawsuit

By   /  October 24, 2012  /  2012 General Election, Elections, Military Ballots, News, Politics & Elections, Wisconsin  /  No Comments

Members of the military who received absentee ballots late will get a few extra days to get their ballots in and have them be counted, under a new agreement between the Government Accountability Board and Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.

By Kirsten Adshead  |  Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign on Wednesday said it won’t pursue a lawsuit related to military ballots in Wisconsin, after the Government Accountability Board agreed to extend the period during which some ballots will be accepted.
Federal law requires military and permanent overseas voters to have at least 45 days [...]

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WI: No hearings yet in Romney campaign’s military ballots lawsuit

By   /  October 15, 2012  /  2012 General Election, Featured, Military Ballots, News, Politics & Elections, Wisconsin  /  No Comments

The Romney for President campaign has followed through on its pledge to file a lawsuit in Wisconsin asking that military and overseas voters who received absentee ballots late get an extension for the period of time in which their ballots will be accepted.

By Kirsten Adshead  | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — The Romney for President campaign is asking a federal court to expedite a lawsuit for Wisconsin to extend the time in which it accepts some military ballots.
But Ryan Williams, a spokesman for the campaign, said no hearings have been scheduled.
Election Day is Nov. 6, three weeks from Tuesday.
The [...]

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