(The Center Square) – A Wisconsin group is calling for an audit into the University of Wisconsin-Madison's BadgersVote Coalition and if it violated a state law that restricted private funds being used to conduct an election. Government said that the group uses donations to fund a plan and partner with the Madison city clerk to increase voter turnout amongst students.
(The Center Square) – A Wisconsin group is calling for an audit into the University of Wisconsin-Madison's BadgersVote Coalition and if it violated a state law that restricted private funds being used to...
Government said that the group uses donations to fund a plan and partner with the Madison city clerk to increase voter turnout amongst students.
"Voters have made themselves clear: they don't want private funding near public voting officials." The IRG report says that BadgersVote sends information to the Madison clerk, who then sends voter...
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(The Center Square) – A Wisconsin group is calling for an audit into the University of Wisconsin-Madison's BadgersVote Coalition and if it violated a state law that restricted private funds being used to conduct an election. Government said that the group uses donations to fund a plan and partner with the Madison city clerk to increase voter turnout amongst students. The group cited a 2023 survey where nearly 60% of undergraduates at the school said they are very liberal or somewhat liberal and, if it included self-identified moderates, that total becomes 80% of undergraduates.
"A university's program that combines private sponsorship, public resources, and partnerships with election officials warrants full public accounting," Jake Curtis, IRG Director of the Center for Investigative Oversight, said in a statement.
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