Wisconsin Right Now

The judge said Wisconsin’s ban on political activity in local government doesn’t apply to Milwaukee’s mayor. Milwaukee’s get-out-the-vote partnership with a liberal/progressive firm is not technically against the law, so a judge is not going to stop it. Milwaukee County Judge Gwendolyn Connolly on Friday refused to grant the Republican Party of Wisconsin a temporary restraining order against Milwaukee Votes 2022, the city-backed privately funded get-out-the-vote effort with GPS Impact. “In this case, the plaintiffs’ complaint is entirely devoid of any allegations that the defendants engaged in conduct that resulted in the support of any particular candidate or party,” the judge wrote in her ruling . The Republican Party said GPS Impact is a Democratic operation that brags about winning for Democrats in predominantly Republican states. But the judge said Wisconsin’s ban on political activity in local government doesn’t apply to Milwaukee’s mayor. “Unlike the public miscondu