The Wisconsin Department of Justice is asking a judge to immediately put on hold his order that would require elections officials to verify the citizenship of all 3.6 million registered Wisconsin voters before the next statewide election in February.

The ruling requires the Wisconsin Elections Commission to review the state's voter rolls over the next five months.

The order doesn’t specify how state agencies should handle the task, but sets a target for completion: the next election, in February.

Wisconsin does not require proof of citizenship to vote. A judge's order requires WEC to verify voter rolls and check new voters' citizenship status.

Wisconsin residents will have to have their voter registration status reviewed before the next statewide election in February, a county judge ordered.

Wisconsin lawmakers are once again trying to make changes to the state’s elections system, including allowing elections clerks to start processing absentee ballots the day before Election Day, though partisan divisions on how the changes should be made are already showing.

Groups such as The MacIver Institute have been working with the Election Integrity Network Coalition to push for stronger requirements to verify that only those eligible to vote are allowed to do so in Wisconsin.

A judge ordered the Wisconsin Elections Commission to review the state's voter rolls by the Feb. 18 spring primary election

A bipartisan group of legislators and election officials is trying to improve the trust people have in Wisconsin’s election system.

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