Major Pending Election Cases | League of Women Voters of Wisconsin v. Wisconsin Elections Commission

Filing Date:

July 22, 2022

Status:

pending

State:

Wisconsin

Topic:

Absentee Ballots

Most Recent Court:

Wisconsin Circuit Court (No. 2022CV2472)

Issue(s):

Under Wisconsin law a voter's absentee ballot must accompanied by a witness certificate containing the witness' address, the ballot may not be counted if the address is missing. The plaintiffs ask for clarification on what constitutes "missing" and contend that partial witness addresses are not "missing".

Case Progress:

Complaint 9/30/22
Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Injunction 10/4/22
United States' Statement of Interest 10/14/22
Decision and Order Granting Summary Judgment 1/2/24
Defendant Wisconsin Legislature's Notice of Appeal 1/30/24
Defendant Wisconsin Legislature's Motion for Stay Pending Appeal 1/31/24
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin's Opening Brief 6/3/24

Circuit Court Documents

Complaint (9/30/22)
Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Injunction (10/4/22)
United States' Statement of Interest (10/14/22)
Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (7/7/23)
Defendants' Cross-Motion in Support of Summary Judgment (9/21/23)
Defendants' Response to Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (9/21/23)
Plaintiff's Reply in Support of its Motion for Summary Judgment and in Opposition to Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment (10/5/23)
Defendants' Reply in Support of its Motion for Summary Judgment (10/19/23)
Plaintiffs' Combined Sur-Reply in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment and in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (10/26/23)
Decision and Order Granting Summary Judgment (1/2/24)
Defendant Wisconsin Legislature's Notice of Appeal (1/30/24)
Defendant Wisconsin Legislature's Motion for Stay Pending Appeal (1/31/24)
Plaintiffs' Letter Regarding Appeal Venue (1/31/24)
Defendant Wisconsin Legislature's Brief in Support of Motion for Stay Pending Appeal (1/31/24)
Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Motion for Stay Pending Appeal (2/1/24)

Court of Appeals Documents

Plaintiff League of Women Voters of Wisconsin's Letter Regarding Venue (1/31/24)
Defendant Wisconsin Legislators' Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal (2/6/24)
Defendant Wisconsin Legislators' Motion to Expedite Consideration (2/6/24)
Defendant Wisconsin Legislators' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Notice of Appeal and to Transfer Venue (2/6/24)
Order Denying the Motion to Dismiss and Transfer Venue (2/7/24)
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin's Opening Brief (6/3/24)