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Case Details
Trump v. Evers
Closed
Trump v. Evers, No. 2020AP1971-OA (Wis. Sup. Ct.) |
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| Case Summary | Petitioners, President Trump and Vice President Pence, seek to void Wisconsin's election certification. Petitioners ask the court to reject early in-person absentee votes in Milwaukee and Dane counties, where the ballot envelope contains a voter certification and application. Petitioners also allege violations of the election code with respect to "indefinitely confined" voters having different ID requirements, election workers allegedly filling in missing voter information, and pre-Election Day "Democracy in the Park" initiatives. | |
| Filed | 12/01/2020 | |
| State | Wisconsin | |
| Type of Court | State | |
| Status | Closed () | |
| Last Updated | 12/05/2020 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Vote-by-Mail (Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Fraud and/or Vote Dilution, Notice/Cure for Mismatches Missing Signature or Mistakes) In-Person Voting COVID Concern (Early Voting Availability/Dates) |
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| Complaint(s) | 12/01/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 12/03/2020: Order/Ruling, Petition for leave to commence an original action is denied. Judge Hagedorn, concurring, specifies that Wisconsin law requires that challenges to election results be brought to the circuit court. | |
