Overview
- The Wisconsin Supreme Court, which ruled Tuesday, voted 5-2 to block Ron Heuer and the Wisconsin Voter Alliance from obtaining guardianship records.
- The decision overturned a 2023 appeals-court order that had required Walworth County to release the forms with limited redactions.
- The majority said state law closes court records that are 'pertinent to the finding of incompetency' and Justice Janet Protasiewicz wrote the opinion.
- Heuer sought the records to compare guardianship forms with voter rolls to identify allegedly ineligible voters, and county lawyers said that comparison would require disclosing names and addresses.
- The ruling settles this years-long access fight and could reduce future attempts by election activists to use guardianship files to challenge vote counts.