The Wisconsin Department of Justice is asking a judge to immediately put on hold his order that would require elections officials to verify the citizenship of all 3.6 million registered Wisconsin voters before the next statewide election in February.

The ruling requires the Wisconsin Elections Commission to review the state's voter rolls over the next five months.

Wisconsin does not require proof of citizenship to vote. A judge's order requires WEC to verify voter rolls and check new voters' citizenship status.

Wisconsin has a wide-open race for governor in 2026, and candidates from both sides of the aisle are starting to line up. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers opted not to seek a third term, opening the field for Democrats to launch or consider bids.

Groups such as The MacIver Institute have been working with the Election Integrity Network Coalition to push for stronger requirements to verify that only those eligible to vote are allowed to do so in Wisconsin.

A bipartisan group of legislators and election officials is trying to improve the trust people have in Wisconsin’s election system.

Fred Clark, a Democrat from Bayfield, says he spent much of this past summer talking to voters of all political leanings about how changes in Washington D.C. were impacting them.

After Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed two bills on nuclear energy policy into law this summer, one Republican lawmaker is pursuing another proposal to reduce costs for energy companies.

Elizabeth Gebert is the former Langlade County district attorney and has worked as an assistant DA in Marathon, Portage, Wood, Brown and Dane counties.