A Wisconsin Appeals Court upheld the state’s controversial voter ID law today. The ruling reverses an earlier decision by Dane County Circuit Court Judge Richard Niess. The full decision is here.
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Voter ID Update
Last week, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen asked the state’s Supreme Court to review two lower courts’ rulings on the state’s voter identification laws. Parts of the laws were suspended earlier this spring as a result of two separate…
Voting in the June 5 Recall Elections
Wisconsin could make history as only the third state to recall a sitting governor on Tuesday, June 5. Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett will face Governor Scott Walker in the gubernatorial contest, and Madison firefighter Mahlon Mitchell will challenge Lieutenant Governor…
PROFS Registers in Opposition to Voter ID Bill
PROFS has registered in opposition to Assembly Bill 7, a measure that would require voters to show photo identification at the polls. The bill also moves the date of the fall primary to the second Tuesday in August, eliminates straight-party…