Wisconsin People Get Court Win Against Scott Walker Who Blocked Two Special Elections

Voters are entitled to vote in Wisconsin, judge tells Scott
Walker in unprecedented state court decision on
March 22, 2018. "To state the obvious, if the plaintiffs have a
right to vote for their representatives, they must have
an election to do so," Dane County Judge Josann Reynolds.

Update: Wisconsin AP reporter, Scott Bauer reports judicial mandamus order against Walker is expected to be appealed by Wisconsin DOJ.

Walker is attempting to continue to block the two special elections in question, as corporate media is silent; no editorial condemnation of Walker's unprecedented move against voters.
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Madison, Wisconsin—Gov. Scott Walker remains frightened of the Wisconsin people.

Voters, elections, open listening sessions, communities acting on behalf of residents, the University searching for truth—all are the bane of Scott Walker.

In an unprecedented ruling yesterday, Dane County Judge Josann Reynolds, (Branch two), ordered Walker, (who has sole authority), to call two special legislative elections that Walker was blocking, (Wisconsin State Journal, Salon).

Two legislative vacancies combined left some 229,000 Wisconsinites without representation, (Ballotpedia).

Walker fearing an anti-Republican voter tide told Wisconsin voters: No elections.

The Republican Dept of Justice made up what the Walker-appointed Judge Reynolds called arguments leading to "absurd" results.

The DoJ has gone dark and silent on press communications about the decision, despite its typical peripatetic use of its press office.

Josann Reynolds excoriated Walker's novel reading of the applicable Wisconsin statute, saying, "Defendant’s, [Walker's] reading creates a window of just four months in any two-year period in which special elections must be held and thus leaves open the possibility that residents of Wisconsin could go unrepresented for almost two years if any governor declined to issue an order calling for a special election," (Wisconsin State Journal).

The civil action on behalf of Wisconsin voters against Walker is a petition for a writ of mandamus, filed in late February.

A judicial writ or order of mandamus is extraordinary, and implies in this case that Scott Walker is not fulfilling the Constitutional obligations of his office, and that voters were deprived of their right to vote under the Wisconsin Constitution.

Readers searching for the mandamus order and opinion are advised to contact the Dane County Clerk of Courts and make a Freedom of Information request, or wait until someone posts the opinion that was being composed Thursday afternoon.