Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Our lawyers were in court this week arguing in the Honig v. WEC voting rights case — Wisconsin law for more than a century has been clear, no one should be disenfranchised due to errors by election officials and through no fault of their own! Learn more: buff.ly/nsR50Pw 010
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wisconsin law protects voters from disenfranchisement based on faulty federal data. The Wisconsin Elections Commission should provide clerks with uniform guidance confirming this truth, we wrote in a letter on behalf of our client @soulstothepollswi.bsky.social. READ: buff.ly/upUtI7o 000
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Corruption erodes and weakens the foundations underlying democracy. The future of American democracy is in our hands,” said Law Forward President and General Counsel Jeff Mandell via @wisconsinwatch.org Read the full opinion here: buff.ly/QESMdf7 001
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Voting in Wisconsin’s midterm election is well underway — over 300,000 ballots have been sent out, and 50,000 have already been returned. Learn more about the work Law Forward is doing to protect your right to vote here: buff.ly/I5wZBi7 031
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Recently in Texas, the President said, “If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000. It will be called the Trump dividend.” Some shrugged his comments off as unserious or impracticable. Others opined that they fall within the bounds of First Amendment protected speech. 110
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"An anti-competitive gerrymander discourages challengers from running and voters from voting, as incumbents become more beholden to lobbyists, national political parties, and donors than to everyday people.” — Law Forward’s Doug Poland. Read more via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: buff.ly/t2IciUs 010
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026@urbanmilwaukee.com reports that the US Dept. of Homeland Security published a procurement notice outlining a project geared toward capturing all publicly available voter registrations in all 50 states. The agency is looking for a contractor who can collect the registrations on behalf of ICE.buff.lyTrump ICE Plan Would Sweep Up Wisconsin Voter DataHomeland Security eyes full voter rolls as legal experts warn of privacy law violations. 110
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Law Forward Director of Litigation Doug Poland was on @channel3000.com's For the Record chatting with Elly Laliberte over the weekend about our anti-competitive gerrymandering case in the WI Supreme Court. WATCH here: buff.ly/a6ktioubuff.lyLaw Forward director debates Wisconsin’s legislative mapsMADISON, Wis. — For the Record host and political reporter Elly Laliberte spoke this week with attorneys representing both sides of the debate over Wisconsin’s legislative maps. 010
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"Members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court seemed open to redrawing the state’s U.S. House districts during oral arguments for two lawsuits claiming the current congressional map is gerrymandered." — @wprnews.bsky.social Read more: buff.ly/taF8xRf 011
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We were proud to represent WI Business Leaders for Democracy yesterday in a groundbreaking case asking #SCOWI to recognize that WI congressional district maps constitute an anticompetitive gerrymander designed to protect politicians and stifle real competition for your vote. More: buff.ly/jMPI67X 021
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Tomorrow at 10:30 am, our lawyers will be in the Wisconsin Supreme Court asking the court to end gerrymandering in our congressional maps and send our case back to a three judge panel for trial. WATCH on the court website: www.wicourts.gov/courts/lives... 011
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Here at Law Forward we celebrate International Democracy Day by continuing to ensure that all votes count, and all votes are counted. Learn more about what we’re doing to protect democracy: buff.ly/koc8szo 011
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Breaking: SCOTUS upholds lower court ruling halting proposed USPS rule that sought, shortly before mid-term elections, to grant the fed. govt. extraordinary new power over mail-in ballots. Law Forward filed briefs warning the new rules would disenfranchise WI voters. More: buff.ly/nsarX1t 012
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Gerrymandering is back in the WI Supreme Court this week. “Elections for congressional and state legislative districts are supposed to be decided by voters in those districts, not by the legislators who seek to represent them.” — Law Forward’s Doug Poland. www.wpr.org/news/wiscons...wpr.orgWisconsin Supreme Court to hear congressional map argumentsState Supreme Court justices will hear arguments this week in two lawsuits claiming Wisconsin's eight U.S. House districts are gerrymandered and must be redrawn. 001
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026As we await a ruling from #SCOTUS in USPS case, the Wisconsin midterm election is in full swing. 000
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026With almost 140,000 absentee ballots already sent, implementation of the USPS rule would disenfranchise thousands of Wisconsin voters. 010
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Wisconsin’s November election is now underway! Law Forward continues to fight federal overreach in state and federal court. 010
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026BREAKING: On Sept. 4, federal Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration’s new mail-voting rule from becoming mandatory and going into effect. 1/5 100
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Happy #LaborDay! We are proud to be representing a number of public sector unions in our Act 10 case, which is currently in front of the WI Supreme Court. Learn more about our work at www.lawforward.org 021
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The federal government is trying to convince Wisconsinites that our elections are not what we know them to be — safe and secure. Learn more: www.jsonline.com/story/news/p... 010
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Law Forward is working on multiple fronts to stop the new USPS absentee ballot rules from taking effect before Nov. A new whistle blower complaint sheds light on the chaos behind the scenes at #USPS. www.npr.org/2026/09/01/n...npr.orgWhistleblower claims USPS plan for Trump's mail voting order could 'derail' midtermsA whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump's push to restrict mail voting that could "derail" the midterm election if courts allow it to proceed. 100
Reposted by Law ForwardFund Wisconsin Public Schools @fundwipublicschool.bsky.social · 01/09/2026We hope everyone has a wonderful first day of school! Our public schools are our future, and we’re wishing our public school students and educators all the success during the 2026-2027 school year. #PublicSchoolStrong 012
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Two of our cases are before the WI Supreme Court right now. One is our redistricting case which will have a hearing on Sep. 16. The second is our Act 10 case where we are fighting to restore the rights of public-sector workers to form a union. Learn more via @wisconsinwatch.org: buff.ly/qrmAWmB 021
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Last October Law Forward filed an amicus brief on behalf of Souls to the Polls encouraging the court to consider how damaging the desired relief could be to historically marginalized voters. Learn more about the case here: www.lawforward.org/cerny-v-wec/ 011
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Law Forward lawsuit against Elon Musk continues in Brown County Circuit Court! Learn more: www.lawforward.org/wisconsin-de... 001
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Last week, we asked the WI Supreme Court to send our congressional gerrymandering case back to circuit court for a trial. We argue that anti-competitive gerrymandering is a legal claim grounded in the WI Constitution’s text, drafting history, and case law. More: www.lawforward.org/law-forward-... 001
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026BREAKING: Today Law Forward and the Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to send our congressional gerrymandering case back to circuit court for a trial. Read our press release: www.lawforward.org/law-forward-... 001
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026GET THE LATEST on Law Forward’s new case via @wisconsinexaminer.com! “This line of precedent teaches that Wisconsin courts have always intervened, where necessary, to uphold the constitutional right to vote in the face of circumstances beyond the voter’s control." 1/2 100
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Big news this week via @wisconsinexaminer.com! Our Act 10 lawsuit is headed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/union... 001
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026@campaignlegal.org, @acluofwi.bsky.social, Law Forward, caution Sheboygan Sheriff about presence of deputies at the polls. 000
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026BREAKING: Law Forward filed an amicus brief on behalf of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC), urging the Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that improperly limited courts’ power to extend voting hours. 1/3 111
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Fusion voting was a fixture of WI elections from statehood until 1897, when lawmakers tucked a ban into a lengthy election administration bill. Our case is gaining steam — 6 amicus briefs have been filed in support of restoring fusion voting. Check them out here: www.lawforward.org/united-wisco... 000
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Wisconsin is better when all employees have a say in our workplaces, whether about class sizes in our schools, safety on the job, hours or any other number of areas. Law Forward and Bredhoff & Kaiser filed an appeal of the second circuit decision to the Wisconsin Supreme Court today. 011
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Our team will ask #SCOWI to advance our congressional gerrymandering case during oral arguments September 16. On behalf of Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy, our attorney’s will assert that the current WI maps constitute an anti-competitive gerrymander. More: www.lawforward.org/wbl-v-wec/ 000
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026There was good news out of the federal courts yesterday. Law Forward attorney Rachel Snyder breaks it down here: www.tampafp.com/massachusett... 011
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026It’s Election Day Wisconsin! Polls are open until 8:00 p.m. Find your polling place at MyVote: myvote.wi.gov/en-us/Find-M... 012
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026BREAKING: Federal ruling halts Trump admins. proposed restrictions on mail-in ballots. Boston judge issues nationwide injunction putting a stop to USPS proposal that would restrict mail-in voting. 1/2lawforward.orgFederal Ruling Halts Trump Administration's Proposed Restrictions on Mail-In Ballots - Law Forward 101
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Million-dollar giveaways have no place in free and fair elections. That’s why we are in still in state court holding Elon Musk accountable for his 2025 election interference in Wisconsin. Learn more: www.lawforward.org/musk-illegal... 020
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Our democracy and our elections are under attack. Fighting back is more important now than ever as the federal government pushes a barrage of anti-democratic proposals ahead of the November elections. Read more about our efforts: www.lawforward.org/opinion-madi... 010
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Rise & Shine! If you haven't voted yet, make a plan to vote today! 🗳️ #Vote #WIVotes Find your polling place here: myvote.wi.gov/en-us/find-m... 000
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 11/08/202633 years ago today, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the 107th Supreme Court Justice and the second woman to serve on the high court following Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. 000
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Our democracy and our elections are under attack. As Wisconsin’s only nonpartisan, nonprofit law firm working full time to defend our democracy, Law Forward is standing up for Wisconsin voters in federal and state court via the @captimes.com. captimes.com/opinion/gues... 041
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026"A special prosecutor will review an election bribery complaint against Elon Musk in Brown County. The Wisconsin Elections Commission last month referred two complaints to the Brown County DA's office over $1 million checks Musk handed out during the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race.” 1/2fox11online.comSpecial prosecutor to take over Brown County case involving Elon MuskA special prosecutor will review an election bribery complaint against Elon Musk in Brown County. 121
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The WI Primary is Aug 11. What should you bring to vote? If you’re already registered, all you need is a photo ID. That can include a driver’s license, passport, military identification card, or WI ID issued for voting. — @Votebeat.org View list of acceptable IDs: elections.wi.gov/acceptable-p... 010
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Voters with print disabilities deserve the same right to a secret ballot that everyone else enjoys. Learn more about our recent win protecting the voting rights of Wisconsinites with print disabilities: www.lawforward.org/in-victory-f... 031
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Troupis was the quarterback in a calculated scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election—an extraordinary abuse of legal expertise aimed at undermining our democracy. We applaud the efforts of the WI DOJ to hold him accountable. madison.com/news/state-r...madison.comFormer Trump attorney's claim he's protected by pardon is 'meritless,' state DOJ saysThe state DOJ argues Troupis’ motion to dismiss a felony charge he faces for his alleged involvement in President Donald Trump’s 2020 alternate-electors scheme is “meritless” and should be rejected. 000
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 06/08/202661 years ago, after decades of work by civil rights trail blazers like Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 became law. Their spirit animates our work as the fight for voting rights and fair representation continues. 020
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The Dane County Circuit Court agreed with our argument that the current absentee voting system in Wisconsin discriminates against voters with print disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Learn more: www.lawforward.org/in-victory-f... 020
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The Wisconsin Primary is Aug. 11th. Do you know where your polling place is? On Election Day, you can only vote in person at your designated polling location. Via @votebeat.org You can find your polling place here: myvote.wi.gov/en-us/Find-M...myvote.wi.gov Find My Polling Place My Vote 020
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The Wisconsin Primary is Aug. 11th. Do you know where your polling place is? You can find your polling place here. On Election Day, you can only vote in person at your designated polling location. Via @Votebeat.org. www.votebeat.org/wisconsin/20...votebeat.orgVoting has begun in Wisconsin’s primary election. Here’s how to make your voice heard.We answered every possible question you could have about voting in the Wisconsin primary. 000