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Impact litigation firm working in the courts to strengthen democracy and restore Wisconsin's pragmatic progressive traditions. lawforward.org
In response to today’s revelation of the fraudulent elector #pardons, @jeffmandell.bsky.social, President and General Counsel of Law Forward, observed: “Many are dismissing these pardons as merely symbolic. That misses the point. (1/6)
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In response to today’s revelation of the fraudulent elector #pardons, @jeffmandell.bsky.social, President and General Counsel of Law Forward, observed: “Many are dismissing these pardons as merely symbolic. That misses the point. (1/6)
WILL is back at it complaining to the US DOJ about WI voter rolls. “This is just more fearmongering. WILL has been trying to purge the voter rolls for years,” said Jeff Mandell of Law Forward. (1/3)
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Right-wing law firm complains about Wisconsin election data management • Wisconsin Examiner
A right-wing law firm complained about Wisconsin voter data to the U.S. Department of Justice, "planting seeds of doubt" about elections.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
WILL is back at it complaining to the US DOJ about WI voter rolls. “This is just more fearmongering. WILL has been trying to purge the voter rolls for years,” said Jeff Mandell of Law Forward. (1/3)
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Here we go again. Bill to ban ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin gets a hearing in the Capitol today. Drop boxes are a safe secure way to cast your vote used by municipalities across the state and the nation. Learn more: madison.com/news/state-r...
GOP bill would ban absentee ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in 2024 that drop boxes are allowed under existing laws that require absentee ballots be returned or mailed to the municipal clerk.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Here we go again. Bill to ban ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin gets a hearing in the Capitol today. Drop boxes are a safe secure way to cast your vote used by municipalities across the state and the nation. Learn more: madison.com/news/state-r...
#ElectionHeroDay is a nonpartisan, national celebration recognizing the work that election officials, their staff, and poll workers do to ensure a safe, secure voting experience for all eligible voters!
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
#ElectionHeroDay is a nonpartisan, national celebration recognizing the work that election officials, their staff, and poll workers do to ensure a safe, secure voting experience for all eligible voters!
Only eligible electors should vote in government elections. True. Ensuring that happens is an important government function. Also true. But does noncitizen voting actually threaten our election results? No. Learn more from attorneys at Law Forward — www.lawforward.org/wisconsin-vo...
October 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Only eligible electors should vote in government elections. True. Ensuring that happens is an important government function. Also true. But does noncitizen voting actually threaten our election results? No. Learn more from attorneys at Law Forward — www.lawforward.org/wisconsin-vo...
Wisconsin wants fair Congressional maps. Letter to the Editor via @captimes.com
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Letter | Wisconsin needs fair congressional maps
Dear Editor: Wisconsin citizens have strongly supported fair maps and an end to gerrymandering. While state legislative maps were redrawn, the congressional maps were not.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Wisconsin wants fair Congressional maps. Letter to the Editor via @captimes.com
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Law Forward’s Community Liaison, Carlene Bechen, recently spoke to The Cap Times about redistricting in Wisconsin. Learn more about what Bechen and other community partners have to say about redrawing our legislative maps.
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What if citizens — not lawmakers — drew Wisconsin's legislative maps?
The Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition is pushing to create an independent redistricting commission before legislative maps are redrawn following the 2030 census.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Law Forward’s Community Liaison, Carlene Bechen, recently spoke to The Cap Times about redistricting in Wisconsin. Learn more about what Bechen and other community partners have to say about redrawing our legislative maps.
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Law Forward welcomes Katherine Stewart whose new book takes a deep dive into the movement to unravel America's democracy. Author will appear virtually, learn more: www.wisconsinbookfestival.org/events/money...
October 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Law Forward welcomes Katherine Stewart whose new book takes a deep dive into the movement to unravel America's democracy. Author will appear virtually, learn more: www.wisconsinbookfestival.org/events/money...
Law Forward's Doug Poland talks about how our lawsuit differs from redistricting cases in other states via WisPolitics Capitol Chats www.wispolitics.com/2025/capitol...
Capitol Chats: Law Forward's Poland discusses congressional redistricting in Wisconsin
In this week's Capitol Chats episode, Law Forward Director of Litigation Doug Poland talks about lawsuits in the state related to congressional redistricting and how Law Forward's lawsuit differs from...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Law Forward's Doug Poland talks about how our lawsuit differs from redistricting cases in other states via WisPolitics Capitol Chats www.wispolitics.com/2025/capitol...
In a WIN for good government and #votingrights, the City of Wausau Ethics Board handed down a decision this week concluding that Mayor Doug Diny indeed violated the city’s Ethics Code when he removed an absentee ballot box from the steps of City Hall in Sept. 2024. (1/2)
Wausau board: Mayor violated ethics policy when he removed ballot drop box
Wausau Mayor Doug Diny caused an uproar last year when he donned a hard hat to cart away an absentee ballot drop box that had been placed outside City Hall.
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October 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In a WIN for good government and #votingrights, the City of Wausau Ethics Board handed down a decision this week concluding that Mayor Doug Diny indeed violated the city’s Ethics Code when he removed an absentee ballot box from the steps of City Hall in Sept. 2024. (1/2)
Russ Feingold and attorneys at Law Forward teamed up to advocate for campaign finance limits in a #SCOTUS case originally brought by JD Vance, listen via @wortnews.bsky.social .
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Law Forward, Russ Feingold weigh in on federal campaign finance lawsuit - WORT-FM 89.9
The lawsuit risks replicating on the federal level a loophole in Wisconsin law that allows wealthy donors to flood high-profile races with cash, Rachel Snyder says.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Russ Feingold and attorneys at Law Forward teamed up to advocate for campaign finance limits in a #SCOTUS case originally brought by JD Vance, listen via @wortnews.bsky.social .
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Law Forward has filed a motion urging the Wisconsin Supreme Court to accept a brief arguing that a three-year suspension of Michael Gableman's law license is inadequate and fails to reflect the severity of his misconduct. (1/3)
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Michael Gableman Deserves to Have His Law License Revoked
As the Wisconsin Supreme Court considers disciplinary action against Michael Gableman, Law Forward continues pushing for additional accountability.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Law Forward has filed a motion urging the Wisconsin Supreme Court to accept a brief arguing that a three-year suspension of Michael Gableman's law license is inadequate and fails to reflect the severity of his misconduct. (1/3)
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Multiple filings in the WI congressional redistricting case late last week as the WI Supreme Court accepts briefs on applying never-before-used three-judge panel statute. Once the court appoints the panel, case can proceed to the merits via WPR #fairmaps
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Liberal firms urge Wisconsin Supreme Court to move forward with House map lawsuits
Attorneys from liberal firms are urging the Wisconsin Supreme Court to quickly appoint a three-judge panel to hear lawsuits claiming the state's congressional districts are gerrymandered and should be...
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October 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Multiple filings in the WI congressional redistricting case late last week as the WI Supreme Court accepts briefs on applying never-before-used three-judge panel statute. Once the court appoints the panel, case can proceed to the merits via WPR #fairmaps
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Today Law Forward is continuing our challenge to Wisconsin's gerrymandered congressional maps. We're arguing this anti-competitive gerrymandering case deserves its day in court before a three-judge panel. Democracy demands fair maps.
www.lawforward.org/wbl-v-wec/
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October 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Today Law Forward is continuing our challenge to Wisconsin's gerrymandered congressional maps. We're arguing this anti-competitive gerrymandering case deserves its day in court before a three-judge panel. Democracy demands fair maps.
www.lawforward.org/wbl-v-wec/
www.lawforward.org/wbl-v-wec/
The voting rights focused firm Law Forward and former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold filed a #SCOTUS amicus brief in a lawsuit brought to strike down a law that limits the amount of money political parties can contribute to individual candidates for office.
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Law Forward, Russ Feingold file brief against Republican effort to weaken campaign finance laws • Wisconsin Examiner
Russ Feingold and Law Forward filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit against campaign finance rules initially brought by then-Sen. J.D. Vance.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The voting rights focused firm Law Forward and former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold filed a #SCOTUS amicus brief in a lawsuit brought to strike down a law that limits the amount of money political parties can contribute to individual candidates for office.
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We're sounding the alarm on what happens when you remove guardrails that prevent the ultra-rich from pouring millions into our elections. (1/3)
October 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We're sounding the alarm on what happens when you remove guardrails that prevent the ultra-rich from pouring millions into our elections. (1/3)
Elon Musk and his lawyers want to delay accountability for the alleged illegal voter bribery scheme during Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court election. Today we filed our response to their meritless claims. (1/3)
October 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Elon Musk and his lawyers want to delay accountability for the alleged illegal voter bribery scheme during Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court election. Today we filed our response to their meritless claims. (1/3)
A court-appointed referee is recommending that Michael Gableman lose his law license for 3 years due to ethics violations during his failed investigation into the 2020 election.
Court-appointed referee recommends Michael Gableman lose law license for 3 years
A court appointed referee is recommending that former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman lose his law license for three years because of several ethics violations during his failed inves...
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September 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A court-appointed referee is recommending that Michael Gableman lose his law license for 3 years due to ethics violations during his failed investigation into the 2020 election.
Join Law Forward and @lwvwi.bsky.social at this upcoming event!
Knowledge is power - join us to learn how harmful constitutional amendments quietly reshape Wisconsin’s democracy and what we can do to change it. Let’s put people over politics! This is a free event and includes dinner. RSVP today: bit.ly/OurWisConstitution #OurWIOurConstitution
September 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Join Law Forward and @lwvwi.bsky.social at this upcoming event!
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Do you have beef with #Gerrymandering? The Fair Maps Coalition is on the mooooove because we're looking for input from folks around the state!
Learn more + register: bit.ly/MapsCommunityHearings
Learn more + register: bit.ly/MapsCommunityHearings
September 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Do you have beef with #Gerrymandering? The Fair Maps Coalition is on the mooooove because we're looking for input from folks around the state!
Learn more + register: bit.ly/MapsCommunityHearings
Learn more + register: bit.ly/MapsCommunityHearings
We are back in court protecting your voting rights! “These voters invested substantial time in participating in this election, and they did everything right, but the city of Madison failed them,” said Law Forward’s Kacy Gurewitz in the Wisconsin State Journal. madison.com/news/local/g...
Voters file suit against Madison over uncounted ballots
Voters allege a series of mistakes in the November election disenfranchised them and that after the election, officials failed to act so the votes would be tallied.
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September 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We are back in court protecting your voting rights! “These voters invested substantial time in participating in this election, and they did everything right, but the city of Madison failed them,” said Law Forward’s Kacy Gurewitz in the Wisconsin State Journal. madison.com/news/local/g...
Our democracy rests on a simple promise: if you vote, your vote will count.
That’s why Law Forward today filed a class action suit against the City of Madison for failing to count 193 ballots in 2024.
Every vote matters. Every voice counts.
Learn more: www.lawforward.org/aydabo-vs-ma...
That’s why Law Forward today filed a class action suit against the City of Madison for failing to count 193 ballots in 2024.
Every vote matters. Every voice counts.
Learn more: www.lawforward.org/aydabo-vs-ma...
Ayodabo, et al., vs. City of Madison
Law Forward has filed a class action lawsuit against the City of Madison over failure to count votes on 193 ballots cast in the November 2024 election
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September 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Our democracy rests on a simple promise: if you vote, your vote will count.
That’s why Law Forward today filed a class action suit against the City of Madison for failing to count 193 ballots in 2024.
Every vote matters. Every voice counts.
Learn more: www.lawforward.org/aydabo-vs-ma...
That’s why Law Forward today filed a class action suit against the City of Madison for failing to count 193 ballots in 2024.
Every vote matters. Every voice counts.
Learn more: www.lawforward.org/aydabo-vs-ma...
U.S. Supreme Court’s use of “Shadow Docket” explodes, and it's not good for our democracy says Law Forward's Jeff Mandell. Listen on WORT Radio, www.wortfm.org/u-s-supreme-...
U.S. Supreme Court's Use of "Shadow Docket" Explodes - WORT-FM 89.9
JEFF MANDELL: I’m Jeff Mandell. I’m the president and general counsel of Law Forward. Law Forward is Wisconsin’s pro-democracy, non-profit, non-partisan law firm. We handle matters that defend and adv...
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September 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
U.S. Supreme Court’s use of “Shadow Docket” explodes, and it's not good for our democracy says Law Forward's Jeff Mandell. Listen on WORT Radio, www.wortfm.org/u-s-supreme-...
Earlier this week, UPenn Law School professor and podcaster Kate Shaw, along with Law Forward's Jeff Mandell, spoke with Cap Times associate editor John Nichols about gerrymandering & voting rights at Idea Fest in Madison. Check out this article about their conversation
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Madison lawyer, law scholar talk U.S. Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’
University of Pennsylvania Law School professor and podcast co-host Kate Shaw joined Madison attorney Jeff Mandell at Cap Times Idea Fest.
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September 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Earlier this week, UPenn Law School professor and podcaster Kate Shaw, along with Law Forward's Jeff Mandell, spoke with Cap Times associate editor John Nichols about gerrymandering & voting rights at Idea Fest in Madison. Check out this article about their conversation
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UPenn Law School professor & podcaster Kate Shaw, along with Law Forward's Jeff Mandell, speak with Cap Times associate editor John Nichols about gerrymandering, voting rights & how courts are responding to the Trump administration at Idea Fest in Madison.
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Trump, Gerrymandering and the Rule of Law | Cap Times Idea Fest 2025
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September 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
UPenn Law School professor & podcaster Kate Shaw, along with Law Forward's Jeff Mandell, speak with Cap Times associate editor John Nichols about gerrymandering, voting rights & how courts are responding to the Trump administration at Idea Fest in Madison.
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