A new poll released by Marquette Law School may give some insight into the coming fight over an appointment to the US Supreme Court.

Poll director Charles Franklin says nearly half of the respondents were already invested in the debate. 

“48% said that the next appointment was very important to them personally another 34% said it was somewhat important but 17% said not at all important or not too important”

Poll director Charles Franklin says it’s important to remember that this poll was conducted before the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

“What we have here is a baseline to measure change against because this is what people thought prior to knowing that we were in the heat of a nomination.”

Franklin says that 48 percent mark is important because it shows just what level of engagement people have with the justice and legal system heading into the November elections.

Also of note, 50 percent of likely voters said they planned to vote for Joe Biden, 40 percent said they’d be voting for President Trump and 5 percent named third party candidates.

A federal judge has extended the amount of time that absentee ballots will be accepted for the November election.

Judge William Conley in Madison ruled on Monday that absentee ballots will be accepted by clerks until November 9th, so long as they’ve been properly postmarked by election day on November 3rd.

The deadline to register to vote or request a ballot online or by mail has also been extended a week to October 21st.

Legislative Republicans and their allies say they’re exploring an appeal in the ruling.

The State Supreme Court has ruled that the Green Party will not be on the November presidential ballot.

In a 4 to 3 decision on Monday, the Court ruled that the Green Party waited too long to challenge the Elections Commission decision that kept them off the ballot in the first place. It states that “it is too late to grant petitioners any form of relief that would be feasible and that would not cause confusion and undue damage.”

The three votes against were from the court’s conservative justices. Chief Justice Patience Roggensack says the motion suppresses people’s rights to vote, while Justice Rebecca Bradley argued that this was akin to disenfranchising black voters in Alabama during the 1960s. 

The Court had previously held up all of the state’s absentee ballots after the Green Party challenged the court and asked for a ruling. The Wisconsin Elections Commission deadlocked on the Green Party’s application last month, citing a discrepancy with a candidate’s address.

Republicans are giving the Battleground state of Wisconsin a 1-2 punch next week as the race for the White House tightens

Donald J Trump Junior will be at the Stoney Creek Conference Center in Rothschild on Tuesday afternoon to discuss his father’s “Make America Great Again” agenda, which as it turns out will be the warm-up for the big event on Friday.

Just hours after the Trump Jr visit was made public, A “Great American Comeback” event with President Trump was scheduled for the Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee. It’s the second time in two years that the President will visit the venue, he also flew in for a rally in support of statewide Republican candidates Scott Walker, Leah Vukmir, and Sean Duffy in October of 2018

Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to host a rally at Janesville’s Holiday Inn Conference Center Monday at 11:00 a-m.  That’s the Republican’s second visit to Janesville in the last two months.