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Election Matters 2025 | Year in Review: Democracy Litigation in SCOTUS and the States

Posted on July 15, 2025

On July 10 the State Democracy Research Initiative and the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison hosted the second event in our Election Matters 2025 series: “Year in Review: Democracy Litigation in SCOTUS and the States,” …

Posted in EventsTagged Arizona, Direct Democracy, Multi-state, State Courts, Voting and Elections

Bryna Godar in the Cap Times: Staff Attorney Godar discusses recent proposals to simplify ballot language in Wisconsin.

Posted on April 15, 2025
Posted in In the NewsTagged Direct Democracy, Voting and Elections, Wisconsin

Forthcoming in the Case Western Reserve Law Review: “Constitutional Limits On Legislative Overrides of Statutory Initiatives in Ohio” by Derek Clinger

Posted on April 8, 2025
Posted in ScholarshipTagged Direct Democracy, Ohio, State Constitutions, State Courts

Bryna Godar on WBAY: Staff Attorney Godar clarifies how Wisconsin’s upcoming ballot measure could limit future efforts to change existing voter ID laws.

Posted on March 25, 2025
Posted in In the NewsTagged Direct Democracy, State Constitutions, State Courts, Voting and Elections, Wisconsin

Explainer: The Proposed Voter ID Constitutional Amendment on Wisconsin’s April Ballot

Posted on February 24, 2025

Bryna Godar, Staff Attorney PDF Available Here Published: February 24, 2025 On Wisconsin’s April 1, 2025, spring election ballot, voters will see a proposed constitutional amendment asking whether to add a voter ID requirement to …

Posted in Explainers, Featured, Research & ExplainersTagged Direct Democracy, State Constitutions, Voting and Elections, Wisconsin

Derek Clinger on WUWM: Senior Staff Attorney Clinger discusses direct democracy proposals in Wisconsin.

Posted on January 29, 2025
Posted in In the NewsTagged Direct Democracy, Voting and Elections, Wisconsin

Derek Clinger on WORT: Senior Staff Attorney Clinger discusses Gov. Evers’s proposal to allow citizen initiatives and how the process works in other states

Posted on January 15, 2025
Posted in In the NewsTagged Direct Democracy, State Legislatures, Voting and Elections, Wisconsin

Rob Yablon on CBS 58: Faculty Co-Director Yablon explains how divided government has driven an increase in ballot questions in Wisconsin.

Posted on January 15, 2025
Posted in In the NewsTagged Direct Democracy, State Constitutions, State Legislatures, Wisconsin

Emily Lau on WXOW: Staff Attorney Lau highlights the importance of constitutional change in guest talk hosted by League of Women Voters.

Posted on January 9, 2025
Posted in In the NewsTagged Direct Democracy, State Constitutions, Wisconsin

Bryna Godar in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Staff Attorney Godar explains how constitutional amendments work in Wisconsin and beyond.

Posted on January 2, 2025
Posted in In the NewsTagged Direct Democracy, State Constitutions, Voting and Elections, Wisconsin
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