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League Of Women Voters Of Wisconsin

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 ›

Thursday, October 20, 2011

League of Women Voters Says Voter ID Law Unconstitutional

The organization filed suit in Dane County Circuit Court on Oct. 20.

When Governor Scott Walker signed the Voter ID bill into law, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin says he essentially created another class of citizen - ones who cannot vote - and that is unconstitutional. According to a story from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the League filed suit against the state on Thurs., Oct. 20, that alleges the Voter ID bill is unconstitutional. The state constitution currently allows lawmakers to exclude convicted felons and those deemed incompetent from casting votes. The law will go into effect in February after being passed last spring. To vote, citizens must show a government issued or approved photo identification. A driver's license, state, military, tribal or college ID, passport, or a naturalization…

Gregg

10:49 pm on Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Very few prosecutions for littering. I guess that is proof it's not happening? Well where is all that garbage in the ditches coming from? Mindless liberal trash?   more ›

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