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Dane County

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Attorney General Van Hollen Wants Voter ID Law in Place by November Elections

After the state's highest court refused to hear the cases, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Tuesday he will appeal to the state's Supreme Court, asking it to overturn two Dane County judges' rulings that the law is unconstitutional.

State Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is pushing to have the state's Voter ID law in effect for the November election cycle, once again urging the Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn the rulings of two Dane County judges. The law requiring voters to present identification at the polls was in effect for the Feb. 21 primary, but was later ruled unconstitutional twice in one week in March by two separate judges, in response to suits filed by the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Milwaukee and immigrant rights group Voces de la Frontera. Van Hollen announced Tuesday morning he would ask the state's highest court to take up the two rulings, bypassing the state Court of …

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morninmist

2:53 pm on Sunday, August 26, 2012

beyond dumbassed! vincemegna profile vincemegna SIGN THE PETITION!!! Tell JB Van Hollen to stop playing political games with our right to vote! bit.ly/NI5Pe6 #NoVoterID   more ›

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