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Wisconsin Examiner Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin February 15, 2012 | Washington, D.C. Official Oversight and Government Reform photograph “I think we all should want to restore the confidence in our election system,” said Sen. Ron Johnson as he kicked off his last hearing as chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday. In fact, the hearing aimed to do just the opposite. Its purpose — “examining irregularities in the 2020 election” — was to sow doubt and undermine confidence in the election.  “Even though courts have handed down de...

, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. About two hours into a joint legislative hearing Friday, state Rep. Mark Spreitzer, D-Beloit, said he had enough of the “sham” gathering called by Republican lawmakers to investigate the Nov. 3 election. “Maybe that will speed things up a bit,” joked Rep. Ron Tusler, R-Harrison, who oversaw the daylong hearing before two legislative elections committees. The terse exchange was repeated several times until all five of the Democratic lawmakers walked or logged out of the hearing, which som...

Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds Biden's win, rejects Trump lawsuit Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Why does the electoral vote matter more than the popular vote? Replay Video UP NEXT MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld Democrat Joe Biden's Wisconsin win Monday, handing President Donald Trump a defeat less than an hour before the Electoral College was to meet. The 4-3 ruling was the latest in a string of dozens of losses for the president across the country as Republicans pursue last-gasp efforts to give Trump a second term.  In the majority, conservative...

Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects Trump campaign effort to toss ballots just before electors meet By Adam Brewster Electoral College affirms Biden's victory The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Trump's challenge to the state's recount, which found President-elect Joe Biden won Wisconsin by more than 20,600 votes.  It was the latest legal loss for Mr. Trump in his effort to overturn election results in the key battleground state. The court's decision came down an hour before Wisconsin's electors were slated to cast the state's 10 Electoral College votes f...

© Joyce N. Boghosian/The White House US President Donald Trump The Wisconsin Supreme Court has taken on a case by President Trump's legal team, seeking to have hundreds of thousands of ballots in Democratic Dane and Milwaukee Counties thrown out, even after a circuit court judge dismissed the case Friday. The latest suit is an attempt by the Trump campaign to stop the Electoral College vote Monday, an effort that seemed like another fruitless attempt when it was dismissed by the circuit court judge earlier in the day and after a string of cases that have been thrown out in lower and high c...