The Justice Department on Wednesday sided with challengers of voting laws in Wisconsin and Ohio, saying in court filings that measures in those states unfairly affect minority voters.
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Act 10, voter ID, domestic registry decisions near (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to issue highly anticipated decisions Thursday dealing with union rights, photo identification for voters and the state's domestic partnership registry.
Read More »Chief justice: State’s high court has decided all its cases
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided all of its cases for which it heard oral arguments, and will release the remaining opinions in the coming weeks, according to a statement from the courts released Tuesday.
Read More »Voting bills get little lobby support
Some Republican state lawmakers, upset by a federal judge’s ruling against the state’s voter identification law, are vowing to introduce new legislation.
Read More »Ruling striking down voter ID is appealed
A federal court ruling striking down Wisconsin's voter identification law as unconstitutional has been appealed.
Read More »Republican leaders say no time for voter ID special session (UPDATE)
There is not enough time for the Legislature to convene in special session and pass a voter identification law that can be in effect for the November election, Republican state Senate leaders said in the wake of a federal court ruling striking down the law.
Read More »View from around the state: Judge gets it right, strikes down voter ID law
Wisconsin's voter ID law suffered another welcome blow Tuesday when a federal judge struck it down, ruling that it violated the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution.
Read More »Attorney general candidates weigh in on voter ID ruling
Wisconsin's attorney general hopefuls are weighing in on a federal ruling striking down the state's voter photo identification requirements.
Read More »Van Hollen pledges to appeal voter ID decision
Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says he will appeal the federal court ruling striking down Wisconsin's voter identification law.
Read More »Federal judge strikes down state’s voter ID law
A federal judge in Milwaukee struck down Wisconsin's voter Identification law Tuesday, saying a requirement that voters show a state-issued photo ID at the polls imposes an unfair burden on poor and minority voters.
Read More »Walker says he’ll call voter ID special session (UPDATE)
Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday he would call legislators into special session to modify Wisconsin's stalled voter photo identification requirements to conform with pending court rulings and reinstate the mandate ahead of the November elections.
Read More »High court justices hear voter ID arguments (UPDATE)
Oral arguments Tuesday for a case challenging the state’s voter ID laws saw at least one Wisconsin Supreme Court justice invoking restrictive laws historically used to block blacks from participating in elections.
Read More »State Supreme Court to hear voter ID arguments
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a pair of lawsuits challenging the state's voter photo identification law.
Read More »Ruling in Penn. voter-ID case buoys Wis. hopes
Opponents of Wisconsin's voter-ID law hope that a recent win on the East Coast bodes well for their efforts to get Wisconsin's law overturned.
Read More »Justices to hear voter ID cases next month
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in two cases challenging the state's voter photo identification law for next month.
Read More »State Supreme Court to hear voter ID cases (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court said Wednesday it will hear arguments in two separate lawsuits challenging the state's requirement that voters show photo identification at the polls, after saying three times previously it would not take up the issue.
Read More »Assembly Republicans pass voter ID proposal
The latest approach to require that voters show photo identification at the polls has passed the Wisconsin state Assembly.
Read More »Latest voter ID requirement bill gets hearing
The latest proposal to require Wisconsin voters to show photo identification at the polls is moving forward in the state Assembly.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »Lawmaker behind voter ID announces resignation
A Republican lawmaker from southwestern Wisconsin has decided to resign.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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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