Dane County Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn declines to consolidate two open records cases over the GOP's election review.
She says she wants to make sure the cases don't slow down.
"We need to move these cases. They're urgent cases," she says.
The liberal group @weareoversight has filed three open records lawsuits against @repvos and other Republicans.
Two are being handled by Bailey-Rihn and one by Judge Frank Remington.
American Oversight sought to consolidate one of the cases Bailey-Rihn has with the one Remington has since they deal with similar issues.
But Bailey-Rihn said she wouldn't do that because she wants to keep the cases' schedules on track.
There is a hearing in the case Remington is handling on 1/21.
Bailey-Rihn has a hearing in one of her cases on 1/24.
Vos and his attorney, Steve Fawcett, sat for depositions Wednesday in the 3rd case. American Oversight is seeking to hold Vos in contempt of court in that case.
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BREAKING: A Waukesha County judge bars the use of absentee ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin.
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Mark Bohren ruled Thursday absentee ballot drop boxes can't be used in Wisconsin, potentially upending aspects of the spring elections and the fall's high-profile contests for governor and U.S. Senate.
Bohren determined state law allows absentee ballots to be returned in person or by mail but not in a ballot drop box.
"It's all good and nice, but there's no authority to do it," Bohren said of the use of drop boxes.
An attorney for Green Bay refused Thursday to provide Assembly Republicans with private information about voters and questioned their ability to legally continue their review of the 2020 election.
Daniel Lenz, an attorney for Green Bay, questioned whether Gableman can continue his review given that his contract with the state appears to have expired at the end of December.
"It is not clear whether you currently are an appointed agent, attorney, or counsel for the Wisconsin State Assembly or otherwise a person authorized to act on behalf of the Committee," Lenz wrote.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is calling on Wisconsin lawmakers to take over elections and tell local officials to ignore the work of the bipartisan state Elections Commission.
.@SenRonJohnson: "I think the state Legislature has to reassert, reclaim this authority over our election system.”
"There's no mention of the governor in the Constitution. It says state legislatures, and so if I were running the joint — & I’m not — I would come out & I would just say, 'We're reclaiming our authority. Don't listen to (@WI_Elections) anymore. Their guidances are null & void.'"