Clerks fill flood of requests on first day of WI early voting
By M.D. Kittle and Kirsten Adshead | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — By 2 p.m., the Madison City Clerk’s Office had issued 5,825 absentee ballots, 407 of this in-person.
Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl had a busy day.
She wasn’t alone.
High volume absentee ballot requests were coming into elections offices statewide Monday, the first day of early voting in Wisconsin’s recall elections — [...]
Libertarians’ lawsuit may sting Virginia GOP
By David Frisk | Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — A lawsuit to allow easier signature-gathering for the Libertarian Party could cause Virginia Republicans a big headache in November by putting a competitor on the ballot, especially because similar lawsuits have succeeded around the country during the past decade.
Several federal court rulings have invalidated restrictive state laws on signature-gathering, according to Richard Winger, [...]
WI’s Walker surges in latest Marquette poll
By Kirsten Adshead | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — Another day, another jump in the polls for recall embattled Gov. Scott Walker.
Marquette Law School in Milwaukee released its latest political poll Wednesday, and it’s almost all good news for Walker and the Republican Party of Wisconsin.
In Illinois, it’s all about the women, boys
By Jayette Bolinski | Illinois Statehouse News
SPRINGFIELD — As the country’s two main political parties continue to duke it out in the so-called “war on women,” women voters in Illinois say they believe the hubbub is merely a tool to distract from the bread-and-butter issues they care about.
WI unions’ public unity disguises internal dissension
By Kirsten Adshead | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — Public unions are displaying a united front after Tuesday’s public drubbing of their preferred candidate, Kathleen Falk, in the gubernatorial recall election.
But internal dissension lies behind the smiles and the pro-Tom Barrett campaign signs, over union leadership’s early decision to endorse former Dane County Executive Falk before other candidates [...]
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