Federal judge strikes down Wisconsin election laws

[mystery-ak]

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Jul 29, 6:23 PM EDT

Federal judge strikes down Wisconsin election laws


 MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A federal judge in Wisconsin has declared multiple Republican-authored election laws unconstitutional in a sweeping ruling.

Two liberal groups filed a lawsuit in May challenging the laws, including a requirement that voters show photo identification. U.S. District Judge James Peterson issued a ruling Friday that upheld the voter ID law but struck down a number of GOP-written statutes and policies that restricted voting.

He ordered the state to quickly issue credentials valid for voting to anyone trying to obtain a free photo ID for voting. He struck down a restriction limiting municipalities to one location for in-person absentee voting, time limits on in-person absentee voting, an increase in residency requirements from 10 to 28 days, and a prohibition on using expired but otherwise qualifying student IDs to vote.

[Jazzhead]

First North Carolina,  now Wisconsin.   A bad day for the integrity of the right to vote.   

[sinkspur]

The Georgia Voter ID law has been upheld by the US Supreme Court.

Why these idiot state legislators do not simply take verbage directly from that legislation, with no changes, and implement it is beyond me.

Texas had to add all kinds of ridiculous restrictions and, of course, the Texas ID law was thrown out.

Too many egos in politics to simply copy successful legislation, I guess.