During a Wisconsin rally Monday evening, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) led three Midwestern governors in making the pitch to swing-state voters to put Vice President Kamala Harris in the Oval Office. With just 22 days until the final ballots are cast,
Door County, Wis., has picked the presidential winner since 1996. Last time, the margin was 292 votes, so the campaigns are trying to reach every household.
Wisconsin election officials are reassuring the public about the safety of ballot drop boxes, which have been the subject of conspiracy theories in the state since 2020.
Drop boxes are heavily embraced throughout Democratic strongholds in Dane and Milwaukee counties, but are hardly utilized in Republican municipalities.
Threatening behavior toward election officials is also a crime. Wisconsin law prohibits anyone from threatening death or bodily harm intending to cause, or creating an unreasonable and substantial risk of causing, public panic or fear, or the interruption or impairment of government operations, including the electoral process.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz boasted of having the support of Dick Cheney, Bernie Sanders and Taylor Swift, during a rally in Wisconsin on Monday.
Vice President Kamala Harris narrowly leads former President Donald Trump in Wisconsin, according to polling averages, while the latest surveys suggest Trump has narrowed the margins in the crucial swing state, less than four weeks before Election Day.
The Journal Sentinel spoke with voters ages 18-23 about their priorities and who they plan to vote for ahead of presidential election.
The process for absentee voting in Wisconsin nursing homes became a focus of false claims about election fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
For the first time in 13 years, Wisconsin Democrats are contesting a number of local races. Even a few thousand voters energized by the candidates at their door could make a difference in a tight presidential contest.