Entity: Wisconsin State Assembly

Records Request to the Wisconsin State Assembly for Additional Contractual Documents from 2020 Elections Investigation

July 26, 2022
Records request to the Wisconsin Assembly and Speaker Robin Vos seeking additional contractual documents relevant to the legislature’s investigation of the November 2020 election.

Records Request to Wisconsin Speaker Vos for Emails with Select Proponents of Independent State Legislature Doctrine

July 25, 2022
Records request to Wisconsin Speaker Robin Vos seeking emails with select proponents of the independent state legislature doctrine, which dictates that state legislatures are the only state body able to regulate federal elections.

Records Request to Wisconsin Rep. Swearingen for Emails with Select Proponents of Independent State Legislature Doctrine

July 25, 2022
Records request to Wisconsin Rep. Rob Swearingen seeking emails with select proponents of the independent state legislature doctrine, which dictates that state legislatures are the only state body able to regulate federal elections.

Records Request to Wisconsin Rep. Vorpagel for Emails with Select Proponents of Independent State Legislature Doctrine

July 25, 2022
Records request to Wisconsin Rep. Tyler Vorpagel seeking emails with select proponents of the independent state legislature doctrine, which dictates that state legislatures are the only state body able to regulate federal elections.

Court Rules Vos Violated Public Records Law, Orders Response to American Oversight’s Requests Within 20 Days

July 15, 2022
The judge issued a decision holding that Vos “not only untimely delayed responses to record requests, but that his responses have also failed to include countless records, either willfully or because of neglectful office-wide practices which might have caused the loss of records.”

Decision and Order: American Oversight v. Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Vos – Election Investigation Communications and Contract Records

July 15, 2022
Decision and court order in American Oversight's lawsuit against Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos for the release of records, including communications and contracts with contractors, concerning the investigation of the 2020 election. The court gave Vos 20 days to respond to American Oversight's record requests.

Wisconsin Court Bars Office of Special Counsel from Deleting Records

July 5, 2022
The Office of Special Counsel, which has been leading the Wisconsin Assembly’s review of the state’s 2020 election for nearly a year, was issued a temporary restraining order banning it from deleting public records in its custody.

Wisconsin Assembly Memo from Gableman Regarding Decertification

July 1, 2022
Records from the Wisconsin Assembly in response to American Oversight's request for communications produced during the legislature's investigation of the November 2020 election. Among other documents, the files contain a memo sent by election investigator Michael Gableman to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos opposing "decertification" of the election.

Wisconsin Assembly’s Partisan Election Investigation Frequently Destroyed Public Records

June 23, 2022
During a hearing in our lawsuit for public records from the investigation, Michael Gableman — the lawyer heading the inquiry — provided testimony indicating that records had been frequently destroyed.

Wisconsin Assembly Records Concerning Timesheets

June 2, 2022
Records in response to American Oversight's request to the Wisconsin Assembly and Speaker Robin Vos seeking timesheets for individuals assisting in the Assembly’s investigation of the 2020 election results.