The Journal Sentinel uncovered a paper trail showing the Legislature spent over $26 million on lawsuits with no public purpose, hiring private lawyers and bypassing Wisconsin’s Attorney General. We are trying to put a stop to this waste of taxpayer dollars with new filings in court this week!

Wisconsin’s November election is less than a month away! You can register to vote online at myvote.wi.gov before October 14, or you can register in person at your local Clerk’s office, at your in-person early voting location or on Election Day! buff.ly/r69MM0v

Our lawyers were in court this week arguing in the Honig v. WEC voting rights case — Wisconsin law for more than a century has been clear, no one should be disenfranchised due to errors by election officials and through no fault of their own! Learn more: buff.ly/nsR50Pw

Wisconsin law protects voters from disenfranchisement based on faulty federal data. The Wisconsin Elections Commission should provide clerks with uniform guidance confirming this truth, we wrote in a letter on behalf of our client @soulstothepollswi.bsky.social. READ: buff.ly/upUtI7o

"Corruption erodes and weakens the foundations underlying democracy. The future of American democracy is in our hands,” said Law Forward President and General Counsel Jeff Mandell via @wisconsinwatch.org Read the full opinion here: buff.ly/QESMdf7

Voting in Wisconsin’s midterm election is well underway — over 300,000 ballots have been sent out, and 50,000 have already been returned. Learn more about the work Law Forward is doing to protect your right to vote here: buff.ly/I5wZBi7

Recently in Texas, the President said, “If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000. It will be called the Trump dividend.” Some shrugged his comments off as unserious or impracticable. Others opined that they fall within the bounds of First Amendment protected speech.

"An anti-competitive gerrymander discourages challengers from running and voters from voting, as incumbents become more beholden to lobbyists, national political parties, and donors than to everyday people.” — Law Forward’s Doug Poland. Read more via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: buff.ly/t2IciUs

@urbanmilwaukee.com reports that the US Dept. of Homeland Security published a procurement notice outlining a project geared toward capturing all publicly available voter registrations in all 50 states. The agency is looking for a contractor who can collect the registrations on behalf of ICE.

Trump ICE Plan Would Sweep Up Wisconsin Voter Data

Homeland Security eyes full voter rolls as legal experts warn of privacy law violations.

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Law Forward Director of Litigation Doug Poland was on @channel3000.com's For the Record chatting with Elly Laliberte over the weekend about our anti-competitive gerrymandering case in the WI Supreme Court. WATCH here: buff.ly/a6ktiou

Law Forward director debates Wisconsin’s legislative maps

MADISON, Wis. — For the Record host and political reporter Elly Laliberte spoke this week with attorneys representing both sides of the debate over Wisconsin’s legislative maps.

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"Members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court seemed open to redrawing the state’s U.S. House districts during oral arguments for two lawsuits claiming the current congressional map is gerrymandered." — @wprnews.bsky.social Read more: buff.ly/taF8xRf

We were proud to represent WI Business Leaders for Democracy yesterday in a groundbreaking case asking #SCOWI to recognize that WI congressional district maps constitute an anticompetitive gerrymander designed to protect politicians and stifle real competition for your vote. More: buff.ly/jMPI67X

Tomorrow at 10:30 am, our lawyers will be in the Wisconsin Supreme Court asking the court to end gerrymandering in our congressional maps and send our case back to a three judge panel for trial. WATCH on the court website: www.wicourts.gov/courts/lives...

Here at Law Forward we celebrate International Democracy Day by continuing to ensure that all votes count, and all votes are counted. Learn more about what we’re doing to protect democracy: buff.ly/koc8szo

Breaking: SCOTUS upholds lower court ruling halting proposed USPS rule that sought, shortly before mid-term elections, to grant the fed. govt. extraordinary new power over mail-in ballots. Law Forward filed briefs warning the new rules would disenfranchise WI voters. More: buff.ly/nsarX1t

Gerrymandering is back in the WI Supreme Court this week. “Elections for congressional and state legislative districts are supposed to be decided by voters in those districts, not by the legislators who seek to represent them.” — Law Forward’s Doug Poland. www.wpr.org/news/wiscons...

Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear congressional map arguments

State Supreme Court justices will hear arguments this week in two lawsuits claiming Wisconsin's eight U.S. House districts are gerrymandered and must be redrawn.

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As we await a ruling from #SCOTUS in USPS case, the Wisconsin midterm election is in full swing.

With almost 140,000 absentee ballots already sent, implementation of the USPS rule would disenfranchise thousands of Wisconsin voters.

Wisconsin’s November election is now underway! Law Forward continues to fight federal overreach in state and federal court.

BREAKING: On Sept. 4, federal Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration’s new mail-voting rule from becoming mandatory and going into effect. 1/5

Happy #LaborDay! We are proud to be representing a number of public sector unions in our Act 10 case, which is currently in front of the WI Supreme Court. Learn more about our work at www.lawforward.org

The federal government is trying to convince Wisconsinites that our elections are not what we know them to be — safe and secure. Learn more: www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...

Law Forward is working on multiple fronts to stop the new USPS absentee ballot rules from taking effect before Nov. A new whistle blower complaint sheds light on the chaos behind the scenes at #USPS. www.npr.org/2026/09/01/n...

Whistleblower claims USPS plan for Trump's mail voting order could 'derail' midterms

A whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump's push to restrict mail voting that could "derail" the midterm election if courts allow it to proceed.

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We hope everyone has a wonderful first day of school! Our public schools are our future, and we’re wishing our public school students and educators all the success during the 2026-2027 school year. #PublicSchoolStrong

Two of our cases are before the WI Supreme Court right now. One is our redistricting case which will have a hearing on Sep. 16. The second is our Act 10 case where we are fighting to restore the rights of public-sector workers to form a union. Learn more via @wisconsinwatch.org: buff.ly/qrmAWmB

Last October Law Forward filed an amicus brief on behalf of Souls to the Polls encouraging the court to consider how damaging the desired relief could be to historically marginalized voters. Learn more about the case here: www.lawforward.org/cerny-v-wec/

Law Forward lawsuit against Elon Musk continues in Brown County Circuit Court! Learn more: www.lawforward.org/wisconsin-de...

Last week, we asked the WI Supreme Court to send our congressional gerrymandering case back to circuit court for a trial. We argue that anti-competitive gerrymandering is a legal claim grounded in the WI Constitution’s text, drafting history, and case law. More: www.lawforward.org/law-forward-...

BREAKING: Today Law Forward and the Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to send our congressional gerrymandering case back to circuit court for a trial. Read our press release: www.lawforward.org/law-forward-...

GET THE LATEST on Law Forward’s new case via @wisconsinexaminer.com! “This line of precedent teaches that Wisconsin courts have always intervened, where necessary, to uphold the constitutional right to vote in the face of circumstances beyond the voter’s control." 1/2