MADISON, Wis. – A Wisconsin judge on Friday put on hold his order that requires elections officials to verify the citizenship of all 3.6 million registered voters in the battleground state before the next statewide election in February.

It now appears unlikely that the case will be resolved before elections in February and April and it may remain in limbo beyond the 2026 midterm election. A state Supreme Court race is on the April ballot and an open contest for governor tops the ballot in November.

“This is a procedural nightmare,” attorney Michael Dean, who brought the case, said Friday. “We have basically given up on the dream on having a definitive remedy in place in the near term, certainly for the spring primary elections."

He argued it was better to take additional time to co

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