Free Republic

The Wisconsin Elections Commission, which is represented by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, filed a petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s case to remove himself from November ballots. The commission also filed it's response to Kennedy's legal appeal. The petition argues the case is "highly time sensitive and hugely consequential for a the people of Wisconsin." It states Kennedy's proposal to use stickers to cover his name is poorly conceived, would require thousands of hours of extra work and create a logistical nightmare. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s legal team filed a brief in...

Former President Donald Trump’s edge over Vice President Kamala Harris in four critical swing states would translate to an electoral college victory if the presidential election were held today, according to an Emerson College/Nexstar Media poll. The poll, published Thursday, finds that Trump has the advantage over Harris in Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, while Harris is slightly ahead in Michigan and North Carolina. They are in a dead heat in Nevada. Arizona: Trump: 49 percent Harris: 48 percent Someone else: 2 Undecided: 1 Georgia: Trump: 50 percent Harris: 47 percent Someone else: 2 percent Undecided: 2 percent Pennsylvania: Trump:...

The city of Racine, Wisconsin, failed to meet the state’s parity requirement for election inspectors, the Republican National Committee alleged in a lawsuit, claiming the city hired a disproportionate number of Democrats in the primary election last month. Attorneys for the RNC say the Racine city clerk allowed unaffiliated poll workers to be election inspectors rather than selecting individuals nominated by the GOP. Only nine of the 56 Republican election inspectors approved to work the Aug. 13 primary were hired by the city. And even though there were fewer Democrats approved, the city hired more Democrats than Republicans, according to...

Skeletal remains discovered by a deer hunter in Wisconsin last weekend have been positively identified as Elijah Vue, a three-year-old who went missing from his mother’s boyfriend’s home in February. The remains — a skull and multiple bones — were found on private property in Two Rivers by “a person getting his land ready for the hunting season,” Two Rivers Police Chief Ben Meinnert said during a press conference Friday. The land was near the Girl Scout Camp Manitou property, and the body parts were found in a heavily wooded area with thick underbrush, Meinnert said. “This location is just...

One of the most fiercely contested battlegrounds in this fall’s presidential race won’t remove more than 4 million ineligible names from its voter rolls. “Wisconsin’s population is a little less than 6 million, with 3.5 million active voters,” Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told The Daily Signal in a written statement. “So why do election officials refuse to clean up Wisconsin’s voter rolls and [instead] allow up to 4.1 million inactive voters to remain, with the potential for fraudulently using those names?” Although Johnson and some other lawmakers contend that unpruned voter rolls create election security holes, the Wisconsin Elections Commission...

A loophole in Wisconsin election laws poses a significant risk to election integrity, a report finds. More than 140,000 Wisconsinites can vote in the 2024 election without proving their identify by self-identifying as “Indefinitely Confined,” a new report by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty reveals. Through the loophole, voters can receive an absentee ballot indefinitely without ever showing an ID. In 2020 amid the pandemic, 265,979 registered under the exemption, when clerks in Democratic strongholds encouraged voters to exploit the loophole to circumvent Wisconsin’s voter ID requirements in 2020 – a practice later rebuked unanimously by the Supreme...

That’s six times the election margin between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in 2020.Election Integrity deniers often complain that Wisconsin has one of the more stringent voter ID laws in the country. That’s a good thing; the swing state Badger State has proved to be a cesspool of election integrity concerns in recent years. But there’s a voter ID-related loophole cheaters can drive a semi truckload of fraud through. In Wisconsin, voters may claim “Indefinitely Confined” status, which allows them to receive an absentee ballot without presenting proof that they are who they claim to be. A new report, “Wisconsin’s...

In Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — all tight races — we see the larger contours of the entire presidential contest ahead of the first Harris-Trump debate. What makes these states close? We'll unpack some of the factors that stand out, including who's seen as better for key voter groups, who voters think has the cognitive health to serve and what to make of the campaign and social-media rhetoric. One one hand: Trump leads with voters who just don't think they're better off financially since the pandemic, whose incomes aren't keeping up with inflation and especially with non-college and White voters...

A Penzeys Spices insider says founder and CEO Bill Penzey's frequent left-wing rants in emails to customers have lost the company more than half of its retail business over the past five years. "It's been devastating," explains the insider, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "In 2017, our retail operations department flat out said that Bill's attacks had cost the company 50 percent of our customers." Penzey has for years made political assaults on Republicans and conservatives a routine part of his "A Note from Bill" emails to customers, but the insider says he ratcheted up his rhetoric after Donald...

Armed Venezuelan gang memebers are stealing oil, copper wire, diesel fuel and catalyst elements from Texas oil fields in West Texas, according to a memo issued to employees. According to the memo obtained by LibsofTikTok, a Texas-based oil company issued a memo to employees warning them about security concerns from violent migrant gangs. Venezuelan gang members are using vehicles to run workers and witnesses off the road as they steal oil and diesel fuel. Per the memo: Dr. McCullough on the “Serious Problem” Spike Protein Poses to Our Health Industry peers and law enforcement in West Texas (WTX) are aware...

As we reported, that honeymoon for Kamala Harris is looking like it might be over as the American people take a better look at her and her running mate, Tim Walz. I wrote on Wednesday about Nate Silver's latest forecast, a new local Michigan poll that puts former President Donald Trump up in Michigan, as well as the Trafalgar Group/Insider Advantage polls. New Michigan Poll and Latest Nate Silver Forecast Are Going to Cause Dem Meltdowns Now Silver's numbers just got better for Trump and worse for Harris, from what I wrote on Wednesday. As Silver noted, part of that...

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh 🚨 BREAKING - NATE SILVER ELECTION MODEL raises Trump's victory chances to 60.1%, PENNSYLVANIA to 61% ELECTORAL COLLEGE ODDS: 🔴 Trump: 60.1% (+20.4) 🔵 Harris: 39.7% SWING STATES: 🔴 PENNSYLVANIA: Trump 61% 🔴 ARIZONA: Trump 73% 🔴 NORTH CAROLINA: Trump 73% 🔴 GEORGIA: Trump 65% 🔴 NEVADA: Trump 57% 🟠 MICHIGAN: EVEN 🟠 WISCONSIN: EVEN

Former President Donald Trump is facing backlash for holding rallies in places described as "sundown towns." A TikTok user pointed out a "troubling pattern" in the locations of Trump's recent rallies in a video that has gone viral on social media. It was also shared on X, formerly Twitter, where it amassed millions of views. "Howell, Michigan; La Crosse, Wisconsin; Johnstown, Pennsylvania," the man said in the video. "What do these places have in common? They're all sundown towns." He added: "This is where Donald Trump is choosing to hold his rallies... You got a presidential candidate for the GOP...

The lawsuit alleges that the Wisconsin Elections Commission is failing to verify the citizenship of voter registration applicants.With just over two months to go before Election Day, swing state Wisconsin’s elections regulator is being accused of failing to verify the citizenship of registered voters, leading to potentially thousands of “registrants unlawfully included on” the Badger State’s voter rolls. A recent lawsuit filed in Waukesha County Circuit Court by Pewaukee resident and longtime election integrity activist Ardis Cerny alleges the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation are failing to do their duty to verify the citizenship of...

Chad T. Richards, 23, of Loves Park, Illinois, just north of Rockford, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, endangering safety by the use of a dangerous weapon, and disorderly conduct while armed, according to Whitewater police.

Biden’s Gestapo DOJ has threatened legal action against the small towns of Thornapple and Lawrence in northern Wisconsin for their decision to abandon electronic voting machines in favor of hand-counted ballots. The DOJ’s threats come after Thornapple and Lawrence officials opted out of using electronic voting systems, citing concerns over their reliability and potential for manipulation. Many believe that hand-counted ballots provide a more transparent and trustworthy alternative, ensuring that every vote is accounted for without the risk of technological errors or tampering. The towns’ alleged failure to provide accessible voting equipment for individuals with disabilities during the April election...

Robert Kennedy Jr. will remain on the Wisconsin ballot after dropping out of the presidential race and endorsing former President Donald Trump. The decision comes after a Wisconsin Elections Commission vote Tuesday, which commissioners said upholds state law regarding presidential candidates. "Wisconsin law says that once you have submitted nomination papers and qualified to appear on the ballot, you may not decline nomination," WEC Chair Ann Jacobs told News 3 Now in an interview. The only way to prevent Kennedy from appearing on the ballot would have been for him to not have submitted his nomination paperwork. Short of that,...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court gave the state’s Green Party and the Wisconsin Elections Commission until 5 p.m. Friday to respond to a petition brought by the state’s Democratic Party. The petition, originally filed on Monday, seeks to remove Green Party candidate Jill Stein from this year’s presidential ballot. Friday’s deadline takes the petition one step closer to the possibility of a decision from the state’s high court. The Wisconsin Elections Commission granted the Green Party ballot access in February after the party received over 1 percent of the vote in a 2022 statewide election, the legal requirement spelled out in...

Vice Presidential Nominee, Senator JD Vance will hold a Press Conference on crime and safety in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 12:00PM CDT. Senator Vance will be joined by US Senate Nominee Eric Hovde, Rep. Bryan Steil, and Kenosha County Sheriff David Zoerner. President Trump and JD Vance are heartbroken to see the path of death and destruction left behind by Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Hard-working Wisconsin families are paying a steep price for Kamala’s weak, failed, and dangerously liberal agenda that is devastating American cities with skyrocketing costs and crime ridden streets. ... ~~~~~ President...

Shortly before midnight on Monday evening, Joe Biden finally took the stage at the DNC. Billed as his "final speech" and a tribute to his career, the failed president, who dropped out of the race in July, was nothing new. Instead, his time behind the podium was incredibly typical, with lots of angry shouting and repeating the same old lies. If you watched his last State of the Union, you've heard it all. [snip] According to Joseph Robinette Biden, the terrorist-supporting lunatics outside the DNC who are promising to "bring the war home" while burning American flags "have a point."...