Learn more about the lawsuits shaping voting rights, redistricting and elections by exploring Democracy Docket’s comprehensive database of cases. Click on any case to find a brief summary of the lawsuit and all relevant filings in the “case documents” section.
Recker v. City Clerk for the City of Appleton
Lawsuit filed by two special voting deputy appointees against the city of Appleton’s clerk challenging the city’s refusal to allow Republican special voting deputies from serving in the August 2024 primary election.
Liebert v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
Lawsuit filed on behalf individual voters challenging a Wisconsin law that requires absentee voters to complete their ballots in the presence of a witness who is a U.S. citizen and can attest to the voter’s eligibility.
Public Interest Legal Foundation v. Wolfe
Lawsuit filed by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) challenging Wisconsin’s exception from the National Voter Registration Act’s (NVRA) Public Disclosure Provision.
Disability Rights Wisconsin v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
Lawsuit filed by Disability Rights Wisconsin, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin and four individual voters against the Wisconsin Elections Commission over Wisconsin’s absentee voting system.
Penebaker v. Hitt
Lawsuit filed on behalf of Wisconsin voters challenging the fraudulent electors who attempted to submit alternate election results claiming that Donald Trump won Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes following the 2020 election.
Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
Conservative lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s congressional and legislative district maps following the release of 2020 census data.
Stone v. Wolfe
Complaint filed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) by Honest Open Transparent Government (HOT Government) challenging the use of the WEC website (MyVote.WI.gov) used to process absentee ballot requests.
Wright v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
Petition filed on behalf of Wisconsin voters challenging the state’s legislative maps drawn following the release of 2020 census data.
Hanson-Hysell v. Wisconsin State Assembly
Petition filed on behalf of two Wisconsin voters seeking to stop the Wisconsin Legislature from conducting impeachment proceedings against recently elected Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz.
Concerned Veterans of Waukesha County v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
Lawsuit filed on behalf of the Concerned Veterans of Waukesha County, two Wisconsin voters and state Rep. Janel Brandtjen (R) alleging that WEC must immediately sequester and stop counting military absentee ballots.