State lawmakers consider bill to let candidates withdraw from Wisconsin ballot

Want to drop out of a Wisconsin race? Lawmakers propose an off-ramp besides death

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Wisconsin’s free newsletter here.After two high-profile cases in which candidates were unable to remove their names from the ballot, Wisconsin lawmakers are weighing a change to one of the nation’s strictest withdrawal laws.Under current Wisconsin law, once candidates qualify for the ballot, they can only be remov…

Assembly committee holds hearing on presidential ballot access bills • Wisconsin Examiner

Two Republican-authored bills on how to get on, and off, the presidential ballot in Wisconsin got a public hearing on Tuesday.

State lawmakers consider bill to let candidates withdraw from Wisconsin ballot

The bill comes after independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried and failed to remove his name from the ballot in Wisconsin last year.

State Debate: Election lessons, Musk's cost per vote, too much power for president on today's agenda

A daily roundup of interesting newspaper editorials and blog posts from around Madison and Wisconsin.

Stop out-of-state spending on Wisconsin elections - Central Wisconsin News

By Editorial Board When buying a car or buying an election, the adage, “You get what you pay for” rings true or at least, that is what the mega-donors in the recent state supreme court race are hoping is the case. When the dust settled on the mountains of mailers moldering in recycling bins and the television commercials left on mute, political donors spent an estimated $109 million, in an

Is Wisconsin really a swing state?

Maybe we’re a lefty state.Conservatives and Republicans are trying to figure out how our side again lost a state Supreme Court election by a near landslide. There are lots of theories. Some are probably valid. Others miss the point. But…