MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal judge in Milwaukee has struck down Wisconsin’s voter Identification law, saying it unfairly burdens poor and minority voters.
U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman issued his long-awaited decision Tuesday. It invalidates Wisconsin’s law.
Wisconsin’s law would have required voters to show a state-issued photo ID at the polls. Supporters said it would cut down on voter fraud and boost public confidence in the integrity of the election process.
But Adelman sided with opponents, who said it disproportionately excluded poor and minority voters because they’re less likely to have photo IDs or the documents needed to get them.
Wisconsin’s law was only in effect for a 2012 primary before a Dane County judge declared it unconstitutional.
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Even if we do get voter ID everywhere, someone has to check the IDs and verify them at the polls. What is the check against the abuse of THAT power?
Good News. Does this include the part so students can use Student IDs now?
Let’s get rid of all of these laws enabling voter suppression!
I hope this is the beginning of the end of voter suppression laws.
And these efforts for voter suppression are mostly Republican actions that are calculated to reduce the number of Democratic votes by imposing restrictions that are more likely to be suffered by Democratic voters!
Isn’t this also outrageous! And wouldn’t the Donald Sterlings on our planet have a different opinion?