United Wisconsin is represented by Law Forward, and John Franke of Gass Turek.
Law Forward describes the suit as follows: “The Wisconsin Constitution guarantees its citizens the right to freedom of speech and association, the promise of a free government, and the certainty of equal protection under the law. The ban on fusion voting violates each of those guarantees. For example, the ban prevents political parties from associating with certain candidates on ballots, and it puts voters in a bind, where associating with political parties that match their views necessarily risks spoiling elections. The ban violates the bedrock guarantee of equal protection by uniquely harming minor and newer political parties, as well as the citizens whose interests those parties represent, while strengthening the Democratic and Republican parties—at the expense of all Wisconsinites. And the ban undermines free government by distorting our politics, narrowing electoral options, and perpetuating an artificial duopoly that strangles true representation.”