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Federal trial over voter-ID law underway (UPDATE)
A federal hearing over Wisconsin's voter-ID law began Monday with several minority witnesses, many of whom said their efforts to obtain a state-issued ID were met with bureaucratic obstacles that took time, money and legal assistance to overcome.
Federal judge to consider voter ID lawsuit
A closely watched federal trial is set to begin Monday over a Wisconsin law requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls.
Latest voter ID bill appears dead on arrival (UPDATE)
A bill to require the showing of photo identification at the polls in Wisconsin is set to move quickly through the Republican-controlled Assembly.
Lawmaker behind voter ID announces resignation
A Republican lawmaker from southwestern Wisconsin has decided to resign.
Politics unavoidable at Dane County Courthouse
Many of the biggest battles over hotly contested Republican-backed legislation in recent years have been fought a block away from the state Capitol at the Dane County Courthouse.
DOJ: Plaintiff dead, voter ID suit should go
Wisconsin officials say a federal challenge to the state's voter ID law should be tossed because the only individual plaintiff died 10 months ago.
Political odd couple together again on voting law
The white Wisconsin lawyer and the black preacher from Georgia strode into the Senate hearing room together and took their seats, shoulder-to-shoulder, at the witness table. Veteran lawmakers and experts in civil rights law, they've been here before.
League asks Wis. Supreme Court to take voter case
The League of Women Voters wants the Wisconsin Supreme Court to review an appellate decision that found the state's voter photo identification law is constitutional.
Supreme Court halts use of key part of voting law (UPDATE)
A deeply divided Supreme Court threw out the most powerful part of the landmark Voting Rights Act on Tuesday, a decision deplored by the White House but cheered by mostly Southern states now free from nearly 50 years of intense federal oversight of their elections.
Committee approves revised election bill
The Wisconsin Assembly's elections committee has approved a bill that would increase campaign contribution limits and allow voters to register online.
Appeals court: Voter ID constitutional (UPDATE)
A Wisconsin law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls is constitutional, a state appeals court ruled Thursday in a decision offering hope for Republicans working to reinstate the mandate.
GOP lawmaker: Bill will save voter ID (UPDATE)
One of the chief authors of Wisconsin's voter photo identification plan is shopping around a new bill designed to allay legal concerns that the requirements are too burdensome by letting poor people opt out.
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