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Attorney General Brad Schimel called on the state Supreme Court to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate documents from the state’s John Doe probe leaked to the Guardian last month.
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Attorney General calls for special prosecutor in John Doe case

By Meghan Kuemmel | Oct. 27, 2016

State Attorney General Brad Schimel asked the state Supreme Court in a letter Thursday to appoint a special master to investigate the leak of John Doe documents. The John Doe investigations, looking into Governor Scott Walker’s alleged illegal acceptance of corporate campaign contributions, began in 2010, but were halted in 2015 by the state Supreme Court.

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CAMPUS NEWS

University confirms third student with meningococcal disease

By Cameron Lane-Flehinger | Oct. 27, 2016

Despite an aggressive vaccination campaign, meningococcal disease is believed to have spread to a third UW-Madison student, according to a Thursday release. The student, who is being treated at a local hospital, will receive further testing to confirm if the illness is related to the rare serogroup B that had infected two other students earlier this month. University Health Services is urging all undergraduates under the age of 25 to get vaccinated, and so far more than 12,000 students have received the vaccine since it became available last Thursday.

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Third-party upstart McMullin registered as write-in on state ballot

By Katie Moakley | Oct. 27, 2016

Evan McMullin, an independent conservative candidate, is officially registered as a write-in on Wisconsin ballots, the state Elections Commission announced Thursday. The 40-year-old Utah-native is slowly gaining recognition across the nation since joining the race in August, with a recent YouGov poll showing him tied with Republican nominee Donald Trump in the Beehive State. His late entrance to the race gave rise to his tagline “it is never too late to do the right thing.” Currently, he is a valid write in option in over 30 states and is currently on the ballot in 11. McMullin spent 10 years in the CIA.

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STATE NEWS

Harris, Feyen vie to fill 18th Senate District

By Gina Heeb | Oct. 27, 2016

Each week, The Daily Cardinal will be taking a look at down-ballot races throughout the state. This week, we visit the 18th Senate district, composed of parts of Fond du Lac, Dodge and Winnebago counties. In the only state Senate district without an incumbent candidate, Republican Dan Feyen of Fond du Lac faces Democrat Mark Harris of Oshkosh in a race for the seat previously held by Sen.

A record number of voters submitted absentee ballots in Madison ahead of the Nov. 8 election.
CITY NEWS

City issues record number of absentee ballots

By Sam Schulz | Oct. 26, 2016

The number of absentee ballots cast and issued in Madison has already broken records with more than two weeks of early voting availability still left. The City of Madison clerk had issued 35,497 absentee ballots as of Tuesday, with 31,421 of those already counted.

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