Wisconsin

Ballot Law Update: Year begins with slew of court actions Jan 26, 2012

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By Tyler Millhouse

Although we have not yet begun to track 2012 ballot measure legislation, January has been far from uneventful for ballot measure law. The new year began with a series of important court actions sure to develop as the year proceeds. In a repeat of 2011, California is again proving itself a battle ground for initiative and referendum law. In our next edition of the update, we plan to resume tracking proposed legislation and will continue to update readers on this month's legal developments.

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Voting and elections

• 2012 U.S. House elections
• 2012 U.S. Senate elections
• Senate elections, 2012
• Assembly elections, 2012
• State ballot measures (2013)
• Local ballot measures
• Redistricting in Wisconsin
• School district bond issues
• Vote fraud
• Public Financing of Campaigns

Laws and history

• Campaign finance requirements
• Laws governing recall
• Laws governing direct democracy
• History of direct democracy

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