Matt Mencarini, Wisconsin Watch

Matt Mencarini joined Wisconsin Watch in 2022 as an investigative reporter covering voting rights and threats to democracy. Previously, he worked as an investigative reporter for the Louisville Courier Journal where he was part of the team that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news for coverage of hundreds of last-minute pardons and commutations by an outgoing governor. He and a colleague revealed a racial disparity in who received commutations for drug offenses. Before that, he worked at the State Journal in Lansing, Michigan, as well as newspapers in Illinois and Florida.

“Election integrity” proposals do not address most common voting infraction in Wisconsin

By Matt Mencarini, Wisconsin Watch ● Politics ● March 13, 2023 March 13, 2023

Prosecutors charged just 192 people with election-related crimes since 2012, but more than half of the cases were related to felony probation status.

Matt Mencarini, Wisconsin Watch

“Election integrity” proposals do not address most common voting infraction in Wisconsin

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