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The law to create the Wisconsin Elections Commission and the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, 2015 Wisconsin Act 118, was signed into law on December 16, 2015, by Governor Scott Walker. The two commissions formally came into existence on June 30, 2016, replacing the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board , which had overseen state elections and ...
Annette Kingsland Ziegler (born March 6, 1964) is an American jurist serving as chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court since May 2021. She has been a member of the court since 2007, and is generally regarded as part of its conservative wing. Ziegler served as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Washington County from 1997 to 2007.
The 2015 Wisconsin Spring Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 7, 2015. There was a contested election for justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, as well as several other nonpartisan local and judicial elections and an amendment to the Constitution of Wisconsin to change the process for selection of the chief justice of the State Supreme Court.
MADISON – Wisconsin election officials will be required to email absentee ballots to voters who cannot vote independently under a new ruling from a Dane County judge.
He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for 15 years, appointed by Governor Tommy G. Thompson in 1992 and leaving office in 2007. Prior to his time on the Supreme Court, he served for 13 years as a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge, including seven years as Chief Judge of the 6th Judicial Administrative District of Wisconsin Circuit Courts.
Elected (as chief justice) 1852, 1857. Died in office. [7] Samuel Crawford: 1853 1855 New seat: Elected 1852. Lost re-election 1855. [12] Abram D. Smith: 1853 1859 New seat: Elected 1852. [13] Orsamus Cole: 1855 1892 1880 1892 S. Crawford: Elected 1855. Appointed chief justice by William E. Smith Elected (as chief justice) 1881. [14] Luther S ...
U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson determined there was no harm in Roggensack serving as chief justice while Abrahamson's lawsuit continued. [8] Justice Roggensack ultimately relinquished the job of chief justice in April 2021, backing the election of Justice Annette Ziegler as the 27th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. [9]
Wisconsin Elections Commission was a December 2023 decision of the Wisconsin Supreme Court which struck down the state Senate and Assembly district maps of the Wisconsin Legislature. The decision held that the Constitution of Wisconsin —in sections 4 and 5 of Article IV—requires "legislative districts [to] be composed of physically ...