Alexander Shur

Alexander Shur

Reporter, Votebeat Wisconsin

Alexander Shur previously covered politics, policy, and the fallout of the 2020 presidential election for the Wisconsin State Journal. Prior to that he covered the criminal justice system for the Jackson Hole News & Guide, where he investigated the impact of voting laws on people with felonies and how the criminal justice system treats people with mental illnesses. He is originally from Michigan, and has degrees from Northern Michigan University and Northwestern University.

Most election bills in this session have advanced in the Assembly and stalled in the Senate without a dedicated elections committee.

The appeal challenges whether voters can sue municipalities for negligent election errors.

Wisconsin’s decentralized election system depends on aging local officials with no clear successors.

Judge David Conway held that state law allows people to seek damages against election officials who "negligently deprive citizens of the right to vote.”

A rare intervention underscores the ‘wrongness and the dangerousness’ of the notion that absentee voting is a privilege, not a right.

Those who faced threats and pressure say the president’s legal authority may be limited, but the guardrails that once kept him in check aren’t as strong anymore.

It’s another of a series of misleading claims about registration data that raise alarm about fraud.

Accepting the city’s defense in a lawsuit seeking damages for lost ballots would free election officials to diminish voting rights, the governor warns in a court filing.

Courts have so far blocked key provisions of the president’s executive order, but it’s had more influence over federal agencies.

The city and its former clerk cite a 1985 Wisconsin law to argue they can’t be sued over 2024 errors. Their strategy could reignite a debate over the law’s constitutionality.