Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, whose lawsuit against the state elections agency failed in the Dane County Circuit Court last month, filed an appeal of the decision Friday.
The lawsuit, which sought to force the Government Accountability Board to perform checkups on voter registrations dating back to Jan. 1, 2006, sparked dissent from Democrats who claimed it was an attempt at voter suppression.
Van Hollen maintains his intention is to preserve election integrity and said in a statement last week he would not file for appeal before the election because there would be no time to settle the case before then, but will continue the lawsuit for the sake of future elections.
This appeal is important. There will be future elections. I believe that it is important for a state agency, in this case the Government Accountability Board, to follow the law,"" Van Hollen said.
