The Wisconsin Department of Justice is asking a judge to immediately put on hold his order that would require elections officials to verify the citizenship of all 3.6 million registered Wisconsin voters before the next statewide election in February.

Wisconsin does not require proof of citizenship to vote. A judge's order requires WEC to verify voter rolls and check new voters' citizenship status.

Wisconsin residents will have to have their voter registration status reviewed before the next statewide election in February, a county judge ordered.

Those pushing further vetting of Wisconsin’s voter rolls will face another hearing when Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul’s appeal of a Waukesha County ruling is heard at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 31. Groups such as The MacIver Institute have been working with the Election Integrity Network Coalition to push for stronger

The ruling requires the Wisconsin Elections Commission to review the state's voter rolls over the next five months.

On Monday, the state Department of Justice filed an appeal, asking the judge to put his order on hold, arguing that it would require an overhaul of the entire elections

A bipartisan group of legislators and election officials is trying to improve the trust people have in Wisconsin’s election system.

After Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed two bills on nuclear energy policy into law this summer, one Republican lawmaker is pursuing another proposal to reduce costs for energy companies.

Fred Clark, a Democrat from Bayfield, says he spent much of this past summer talking to voters of all political leanings about how changes in Washington D.C. were impacting them.