Law Forward’s @jamandell and @kateashaw1 from the podcast @StrictScrutiny_ , will kick off Cap Times Ideas Fest September 8, followed by NY Times Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Maureen Dowd. Get your tickets here!

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This practice is not required under Wisconsin or federal law. This aggressive, uninformed executive action threatens to disenfranchise eligible voters and begs the question: What else cold be done with voters’ sensitive information? Read the analysis:

With only this baseless narrative as justification, the Trump Administration is seeking to obtain and centralize vast amounts of sensitive voter registration information. They allege this information can and should be used to confirm that registered voters are citizens.

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Yet since losing the popular vote in 2016, President Trump and his allies have consistently beat the drum of election fraud, escalating in 2020 with false claims of a stolen election, and now insisting that, despite his 2024 win, noncitizen voting fraud is rampant.

There is no evidence that noncitizens vote in sufficient numbers to impact election results. Any public policy changes—especially changes to our foundational election system—should be shaped by research, analysis, and public input and adopted only after careful consideration.

Only eligible electors should vote in government elections. True. Ensuring that happens is an important government function. Also true. But does noncitizen voting actually threaten our election results? No. (1/5).

We are excited to announce that Doug Poland has joined Law Forward as Director of Litigation. Doug, a renowned trial and appellate attorney has played a key role in multiple successful challenges to Wisconsin's gerrymandered legislative maps and others, co-founded Law Forward.

In a WI lawsuit, disability rights advocates argue that a state constitutional provision stating that “all votes shall be by secret ballot” requires the state to provide voters with disabilities an equal opportunity to vote privately and independently.”.

July is #DisabilityPrideMonth and we are proud to stand with our client Disability Rights Wisconsin in fighting to expand voting rights under the Wisconsin Constitution. Our lawsuit is covered in this great summary of lawsuits nationwide by State Court Report (1/2).

Our latest policy analysis breaks down how the SAVE Act and Trump’s recent executive order create needless barriers to voting. Read part one of our two-part series:

Noncitizen voting is already illegal in #WI, but Trump-aligned politicians are pushing laws that make it harder for eligible citizens to vote. These proposals won’t protect elections; they’ll disenfranchise lawful voters who are lacking easy access to additional documents. (1/2).

Law Forward is working to change that with a new case in the courts. It’s time to finish the job and let the voters decide. Check out the op-ed by Spencer Black calling for action @CapTimes

In 2023, @lawfwd overturned gerrymandered state legislative maps ushering in #farimaps state legislative elections in 2024, but Wisconsin’s congressional maps remain gerrymandered. (1/2).

Wisconsin’s elections are safe and secure. On a foundation of hyperbole and baseless fear, Trump-aligned politicians are trying to establish barriers to the ballot box, imposing obstacles that make it harder for us to exercise our right to vote. Read more:

Our new lawsuit asks the court to put people back at the center of democracy where they belong. Learn more via @WPR:

We found that Wisconsin’s congressional maps were so egregiously drawn under the auspices of Paul Ryan in 2011, that the median margin of victory for candidates is close to 30% – that is an incumbent protection plan not a participatory democracy.

At Law Forward we wondered why, in an evenly divided state, six out of eight congressional seats are held by one party? We talked to the nonpartisan experts at Harvard’s Election Law Clinic, and we crunched the numbers. 🧵.

- said Lisa Hassenstab, of Disability Rights Wisconsin,” reports @VotebeatUS .Law Forward filed an amicus brief in the case, and we’re also in state court separately working to protect voting rights in the Town of Thornapple. Read more:

“Voters with disabilities already face many barriers in the electoral process, and making sure they have access to a system which allows for basic voting rights to be met is a minimum and legal standard that they should not be worried about when exercising their right to vote,”.