[5] The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, which Malloy also denied standing, also filed suit in federal court to halt the contested purging.
[5] Wisconsin's Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul also filed a notice of appeal to halt the voter roll updating, acting on behalf of the state's Elections Commission and requesting to stay of Malloy's order.
[5] The lawsuit demanded that the Wisconsin Election Commission respond to a "Movers Report," generated from voter data analysis produced by the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a national, non-partisan partnership funded in 2012 by the Pew Charitable Trusts.
[9] On January 2, 2020, WILL said it asked the circuit court to hold the Elections Commission in contempt, fining it up to $12,000 daily, until it carries out Malloy's December 17, 2019, order to follow state law and purge from the voting rolls hundreds of thousands of registered voters who are confirmed to have moved to a different address, thus inflating the voter rolls.
In April 1979, Opitz won a special election to the state Senate from the 20th District and was reelected in 1980, remaining a member until 1984.