Wisconsin Supreme Court hears two voting lawsuits [Video]

MADISON — The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard two voting-related lawsuits on Tuesday that could impact privacy and accessibility for some Wisconsinites.

The first case asks justices to decide whether it’s considered a public record when a judge sends notice to the Wisconsin Elections Commission that they have declared someone ineligible to vote due to incompetency.

The conservative Wisconsin Voter Alliance, which previously filed two failed lawsuits seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election, brought the lawsuit after requesting incompetency notices from county courts. Lower courts couldn’t agree on whether the forms were public records, since court documents related to guardianship cases are confidential.

Samuel Hall Jr., an attorney representing the Walworth County court official named in the lawsuit, said Tuesday that an appeals court decision in favor of the Wisconsin Voter Alliance “blasts open the door for the personal information of some of the most vulnerable people in our communities …