ELECTIONS
Legislative notebook: Voters to decide if council should set lawmaker pay
By Don Davis Minnesota voters will decide in 2016 whether decisions about how much legislators are paid should be handed to an independent group. The House and Senate passed the proposed constitution...
Posted on 5/22/13 at 12:57 PM
Beyond Politics
In China, I remember explaining the concept of campaigning to my adult English students. They laughed as I walked from one to the next, energetically shaking their hands and smiling. "See class? That'...
Posted on 10/19/12 at 9:54 AM
2011 Interview Summary
(first published on wivoices.org) Hundreds of thousands of protestors have descended on the Capitol in Madison, WI in the last year. Tens of thousands of volunteers have mobilized petition drives, me...
Posted on 1/17/12 at 4:07 PM
Incumbents rule in local elections Tuesday
Most incumbents were reelected Tuesday, April 2, in local elections for municipal and school board spots thoroughout Pierce County.April 03, 2013
GOP incumbents winners in local Assembly races
Early Wednesday morning, with nearly all voting units reporting, the Republican incumbents were the winners in four local Wisconsin Assembly Districts.November 07, 2012
Baldwin elected state's first woman Senator; Kind easily fends off Boland while Duffy defeats Kreitlow
November 07, 2012
UPDATE: Harsdorf wins Wisconsin Senate race
With 86% of voting units in the district reporting, at 11:30 p.m. Sheila Harsdorf, who has represented the 10th District in the Wisconsin Senate since 2001 and survived a recall attempt last year, had won re-election. At that point, Harsdorf had 45,328 votes to 29,436 for her challenger, Daniel C. Olson.November 06, 2012
U.S. Senate candidate tries to break through the state news vacuum (VIDEO)
By Phil Pfuehler , October 12, 2012
Editorial: Another election's here already
August 08, 2012
City of River Falls gives absentee voting update
By Phil Pfuehler , May 24, 2012
Walker's recall election expected to certified and scheduled today
-- For the first time in Wisconsin history, a recall election against a sitting governor will be certified and scheduled today.
March 30, 2012
Clerks trying to figure out what to do with new ID law in wake of judge's decision
-- Wisconsin’s local election clerks received guidance yesterday on how to proceed, after a judge temporarily halted the state’s voter ID law on Tuesday.
March 08, 2012
Editorial: Give candidates filing break
Last week’s editorial reminded voters about the new legal requirement for 2012 elections to have a photo I.D.January 25, 2012
Democrats move center
November 15, 2011
Editorial: Voting - a new summer pastime
Not long ago, we urged readers to mark their calendars and remember to vote in the July 12 Democrat Senate primary—two days after the completion of Ellsworth Polka Fest.August 03, 2011
Details emerge on upcoming candidate forums
With barely three weeks until the 10th Senate District recall election, details are being worked out on three proposed forums or debates that will allow voters to compare and contrast incumbent Senator Sheila Harsdorf, a Republican, with her Democratic challenger, Ellsworth teacher Shelly Moore.By Steve Dzubay , July 15, 2011
State Assembly passes Voter ID bill by 60-35 vote
Wisconsin News-- The Wisconsin Assembly voted 60-35 late last night to make people show photo ID’s in order to vote.
May 12, 2011
Letter: Contrary to editorial, voter fraud exists in state, he says
TO THE EDITOR: Having read the editorial in the Herald titled, “Why Rush for Photo IDs?”, I have lost all confidence in the credibility of the editorial writer.By Bob Britton, Elmwood , February 23, 2011
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