Program Chair and Presenter:
Michael P. Gallagher
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau
Madison
Presenters:
Mel Barnes
Law Forward
Madison
Luke N. Berg
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
Milwaukee
Staci Duros
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau
Madison
Michael R. Haas
City Attorney - City of Madison
Madison
Mitchell M. Hagopian
Disability Rights Wisconsin
Madison
Joseph T. Kreye
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau
Madison
Anthony LoCoco
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
Milwaukee
Jeffrey A. Mandell
Stafford Rosenbaum LLP
Madison
8:00 a.m. : Registration
8:30 a.m. : Introduction to Wisconsin Election Law
Michael R. Haas
9:15 a.m. : Updates and Insight on Election Administration
Michael R. Haas
10:05 a.m. : Break
10:20 a.m. : 2022 Wisconsin Legislative and Congressional Redistricting
Moderator: Michael P. Gallagher
Panelists: Mel Barnes, Anthony LoCoco
11:10 a.m. : The Teigen v. Wisconsin Elections Commission Decision
Luke N. Berg, Joseph T. Kreye, Jeff Mandell
12:10 p.m. : Lunch (on your own)
1:10 p.m. : Voting Rights Issues for Adults Under Guardianship
- Understanding the Wisconsin rules for limiting the right to vote for people under guardianship
- Nuts and bolts of how to restore a person’s right to vote in a guardianship case
- Crafting an argument around what understanding “the objective of the elective process” means
Mitchell M. Hagopian
2:00 p.m. : Bashford v. Barstow: Wisconsin’s Marbury v. Madison
- Fundamental legal principles established by Bashford v. Barstow
- How elections are determined – by receiving the highest number of votes cast by electors, not the certification as the winner by the board of canvassers
- The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s authority
- How the Wisconsin Supreme Court viewed the power of judicial review at the time
- How elections were conducted in 1855 to understand how and why elections are conducted the way they are now in Wisconsin
Staci Duros
2:50 p.m. : Program Concludes
Following program start times, webcast replay schedule may vary slightly from above listed times.
- Develop a thorough understanding of key Wisconsin election law issues
- Analyze recent redistricting considerations
- Know how municipalities are preparing for the 2022 midterm election
- Gain historical insight into election law in Wisconsin
- Government lawyers
- Administrative lawyers
- Constitutional lawyers
- Municipal clerks
- County clerks
- Anyone interested in Wisconsin elections
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Wisconsin Governmental Claims and Immunities Handbook
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