Lawsuit seeks to declare Wisconsin fusion voting ban unconstitutional

By: Henry Redman

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: April 13, 2026

Words: 786

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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A legal brief filed late last week seeks to have a Dane County judge declare that an 1897 law banning the practice of fusion voting is unconstitutional because it restricts the rights to a “free government,” equal protection and freedom of speech through a law that was passed to explicitly create a partisan electoral advantage.

The motion was filed on Friday in a lawsuit brought last year by United Wisconsin, a nascent centrist …

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