Judge suspends Wisconsin voter ID law
A judge blocked enforcement of Wisconsin’s voter identification law by issuing a temporary injunction in response to a lawsuit.
A judge this week blocked enforcement of Wisconsin’s controversial voter identification law, just weeks before the state’s April 3 presidential primary. Dane County Judge David Flanagan called the law, which requires a photo ID, an “extremely broad and largely needless” impediment to the right to vote. He issued a temporary injunction as part of a lawsuit brought by the NAACP, which argued that the law disenfranchises minority voters, who may not have photo ID. Republicans complained that Flanagan signed a petition to recall GOP Gov. Scott Walker, who was named in the NAACP suit. “He’s a very good judge, but the problem is the perception,” said Marquette law professor Janine Geske.
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