Wisconsin
WPR: Wisconsin Supreme Court hears arguments in 2 election-related lawsuits
Rich Kremer of Wisconsin Public Radio reports on two election-related lawsuits in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two election-related lawsuits — one case focusing on the legality of a mobile-voting van, the second looking at whether court records determining a voter is incompetent should be public record.
In 2022, Racine County Republican Party Chair Ken Brown filed a lawsuit alleging the city’s use of a large van as an alternate in-person absentee voting site violated state law. The van, known as a “mobile voting unit,” was used for in-person absentee voting.
In the lawsuit, Brown argued the mobile voting site violated the law, in part, because it could give an advantage to one political party over another based on where it’s parked.
But overshadowing Brown’s arguments on the merits of his case Tuesday were questions from justices about whether he had legal standing to sue in the first place.
Wisconsin Elections Commission Attorney Gabe Johnson-Karp said the court should dismiss the case because Brown didn’t suffer “an injury in fact” by simply witnessing the voting van in action.