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Wisconsin judge rules against use of absentee ballot drop boxes for statewide elections

JURIST

A Wisconsin county judge Thursday granted an injunction against the use of absentee ballot drop boxes in statewide elections. The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) issued guidance to county clerks about the use of drop boxes in March and again in August of 2020 , in light of the growing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court rules capacity limit on bars, restaurants, other businesses is invalid

JURIST

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the Department of Health Services (DHS) lacked authority to limit capacities for indoor public gatherings. ” The Tavern League of Wisconsin, along with other businesses, challenged Emergency Order 3, arguing that the order was invalidly enacted. Wisconsin Stat.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to purge voters from rolls

JURIST

On Friday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a ruling on whether the Wisconsin Elections Commission has a duty to remove voters who may have moved from the rolls, holding that it is not a duty for the commission. The statute has a 30-day timeline for recipients to take one of these actions. The commission declined to do so.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Sidewalks are Not “Pedestrian Ways” to Allow for Eminent Domain Seizures

JonathanTurley

The scene came to mind with a decision yesterday when the Wisconsin Supreme Court voted 4-3 in Sojenhomer v. ” Lawyers in Wisconsin are already sending around Bumble-like harrumphs to the decision, which is a testament to the ability of judges to ignore plain meaning to achieve desired results.

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Wisconsin Voter ID Law for College Students Upheld

JonathanTurley

District Judge James Peterson this week upheld Wisconsin’s voter identification rules for college students. The Seventh Circuit previously ruled on the student ID question, though in a different legal framework. 2020), the court considered a variety of challenges to Wisconsin voting regulations, including one part of § 5.02(6m)(f).

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Ohio Supreme Court rules judges not required to defer to state agency interpretations of ambiguous laws

JURIST

The Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas reversed the Board’s decision without affording any deference to the agency’s interpretation of the relevant statute. Later, the Ohio First District Court of Appeals held that a court must defer to an administrative interpretation only if the court finds a statute to be ambiguous.

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Hate Crime Laws in States Called Weak, Ineffective

The Crime Report

Wisconsin, for example, is one of about half of all states that don’t require hate-crime reporting by law enforcement, as well as one of about two-thirds nationwide that doesn’t legally require officer hate-crime training. Only nine states, not including Wisconsin, had laws protecting hate-crime victims and survivors.

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