Wisconsin voter ID law wins latest round in court

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Watchdog.org:

MADISON, Wis – The state notched a win Wednesday for its voter ID system when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit halted a district court injunction that blocked enforcement of the state law.

 

In its order, the appeals court ruled that Judge Lynn Adelman’s decision “is likely to be reversed on appeal and that disruption of the state’s electoral system in the interim will cause irreparable injury.”

 

IGNORING PRECEDENT: The Seventh Circuit has issued a stay against a voter ID decision, ruling that the district court failed to identify any substantive burdens placed on voters.

 

“Today’s decision to halt the injunction issued by Judge Adelman is a step in the right direction.” Gov. Scott Walker said. “The decision recognized that his previous ruling is likely to be reversed in light of Supreme Court precedent.”

On July 19, Adelman issued an injunction against Wisconsin’s voter ID requirements, writing that “a safety net is needed for those voters who cannot obtain qualifying ID with reasonable effort.”

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August 11, 2016

Voter ID protections in Wisconsin reinstated by appeals court

By Rick Moran

The see-saw battle between "voting rights" advocates and supporters of the voter ID law in Wisconsin has swung back toward voter integrity as an appeals court reversed the ruling of a trial court that severely weakened the provisions of the law.

 

At issue is the order from the lower court that citizens could present an affadavit listing the reasons they were unable to obtain valid ID. As Rich Hasen of Election Law Blog points out, the exemptions were too broadly drawn so the appeals court reinstated the provision regarding what constitutes valid ID.

 

Hasen also points out that this is not the end of challenges to the law.

 

In an order issued today, the Seventh Circuit in Frank v. Walker has put on hold the softening of Wisconsin’s voter id law which a trial court had ordered a few weeks ago.

 

That softening required Wisconsin officials to accept an affidavit from a voter that he or she had a reasonable impediment to getting one of the narrow ids WI allows for voting in the election. It was a very broad affidavit which would allow many more people who lack the ids to vote http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/08/voter_id_protections_in_wisconsin_reinstated_by_appeals_court.html