NEW YORK — A Bronx woman who pleaded with cops not to use Tasers on her mentally ill teen cousin won a $125,000 settlement from the city after complaining she was wrongly arrested on a charge of obstructing governmental administration. Money was not the aim of her complaint, says Cheyenne Lee, 30. Instead, she said, she pursued the case into Manhattan Federal Court “with the intent to change .
The Wisconsin state Assembly is set to vote on a Republican-backed bill that would enable elections officials to process absentee ballots one day before an election. The aim is to alleviate the workload of local clerks and prevent delayed ballot counting. The bill prohibits actual ballot counting until after polls close, but allows workers to check envelopes, verify eligibility, and prepare ballots for tallying. This proposed measure, which includes new reporting requirements, has bipartisan support and may be signed by Governor Tony Evers if passed without amendments.
A Dane County judge ruled the vote by the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate to fire the state's nonpartisan top elections official had no legal effect.