New Wisconsin law barring out-of-staters from collecting candidate signatures challenged in court

A conservative law firm says a new, bipartisan ban on out-of-state residents collecting signatures for candidates running for Wisconsin office is unconstitutional.

In late March, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed a bipartisan bill making it illegal for people from outside Wisconsin to collect signatures for launching recall elections or getting state and local candidates on the ballot. The law has an exception allowing those from outside Wisconsin to collect signatures for presidential and vice-presidential candidates.

It was a direct response to failed recall efforts against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester. Those attempts were driven by supporters of President Donald Trump who attacked Vos for not trying to decertify the president’s 2020 election loss in Wisconsin.

Many of those collecting signatures to try to oust the speaker lived outside of Wisconsin, and Vos claimed they harassed residents and forged people’s names.




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