by Andrew Beckett | Sep 30, 2014
State election officials are asking the Legislature for funding, to help inform the public about the reinstatement of Wisconsin’s Voter ID requirement. The Government Accountability Board is asking lawmakers to release $460,800 in already-appropriated state...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 26, 2014
A federal appeals court has rejected a request to reconsider a ruling that effectively reinstated Wisconsin’s voter ID law. Those challenging the law had asked the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to hold another hearing on a three-judge panel’s...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 12, 2014
A federal appeal court has cleared the way for Wisconsin’s long-stalled voter ID law to be in place for the November elections. Just hours after hearing arguments in a case challenging the requirement for voters to show a government-issued photo ID when...
by Bob Hague | Sep 12, 2014
A federal appeals court is set hear arguments over Wisconsin’s voter ID law Friday, with the case going before the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. Judges are being asked to consider whether Wisconsin’s halted voter identification law should be...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 22, 2014
A federal appeals court in Chicago says it will not take up a request to restores Wisconsin’s long-stalled Voter ID requirement until after judges hear oral arguments in the case next month. Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen had asked the court to...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 5, 2014
Wisconsin’s Attorney General is asking a federal appeals court to lift an injunction that’s currently keeping the state’s voter ID requirement from being enforced. Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen filed an expedited motion Tuesday with the 7th...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 1, 2014
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says he will fight to remove the final roadblocks keeping Wisconsin’s voter ID requirement from being enforced, with the goal of having it back in place before the general election in November. While the state Supreme Court says...
by Bob Hague | Jul 31, 2014
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has brought legal challenges to Act 10 to a close. On a 5-2 vote Thursday, the justices threw out previous rulings from a Dane County circuit judge, who had said that the Act 10 public union bargaining limits did not apply to local and...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 29, 2014
The State Supreme Court is expected to rule Thursday on three major issues. Opinions are scheduled for release dealing with challenges to portions of Act 10, Governor Scott Walker’s controversial law that stripped most public employee unions of their ability to...
by Andrew Beckett | May 12, 2014
Wisconsin’s attorney general is asking a federal appeals court to reinstate Wisconsin’s long stalled voter ID law. Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen on Monday filed a notice of appeal with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn federal Judge Lynn...
by Bob Hague | May 2, 2014
State lawmakers are not likely to be returning to the Capitol, to make changes to the state’s voter ID law, in the wake of a federal court decision. Governor Scott Walker had talked about calling a special session, if a judge ruled that it was unconstitutional....
by Jackie Johnson | Apr 29, 2014
A federal judge in Milwaukee strikes down Wisconsin’s voter ID law, saying it unfairly puts a burden on poor and minority voters. Under Act 23, in order to vote, a person must present one of nine forms of photo ID to prove his or her identity. US District Judge...
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 11, 2014
If the courts were to strike down Wisconsin’s voter ID law or order changes, state lawmakers could be called in to a special session. The state Supreme Court heard arguments last month on challenges to the law and two cases are still pending in federal court. If...
by Andrew Beckett | Feb 25, 2014
The fate of Wisconsin’s controversial Voter ID law is now in the hands of the state Supreme Court. Justices heard oral arguments Tuesday in a pair of challenges to the 2011 law, which both contend that the measure approved by Republicans in 2011 is an...
by Andrew Beckett | Feb 25, 2014
The state Supreme Court will hear arguments today on a pair of challenges to Wisconsin’s stalled voter ID law. Justices are scheduled to take up a pair of lawsuits filed by the League of Women Voters and the NAACP, which claim the requirement that voters show a...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 28, 2014
The state Supreme Court has set a date to hear challenges to Wisconsin’s stalled voter ID requirement. Justices will hear oral arguments on February 25th, as they consider lawsuits from the League of Women Voters and the National Association for the Advancement...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 20, 2013
The state Supreme Court has agreed to take up another lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s Voter ID law. The high court on Wednesday announced it will hear an appeal of a Dane County judge’s 2012 decision that found the law unconstitutional, and will consider...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 14, 2013
Voters who lack a photo ID, because they are either unable to afford one or lack the documentation that’s needed to obtain one, would still be able to vote in Wisconsin elections, under a bill approved Thursday night in the state Assembly. The bill passed on a...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 7, 2013
A public hearing on a bill that would make changes to Wisconsin’s Voter ID law brought out harsh criticism from Democrats, who argue the measure only serves to intimidate voters. The proposal in the Assembly would allow Wisconsin residents to still cast a ballot...
by Bob Hague | Jul 2, 2013
The Wisconsin League of Women Voters wants the state Supreme Court to review an appellate decision that the state’s voter ID law is constitutional. The league filed suit in October 2011, arguing the law creates an additional qualification for voters not contained in...
