ACLU Adds to Charges in Suit Challenging Wisconsin Voter ID Law Amended Complaint Asserts Law

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Source: Common Dreams

Violates Voting Rights Act Protections for Minority Voters and Bars Veterans from the Polls




MILWAUKEE, Wis. - March 2 - An American Civil Liberties Union suit that challenges Wisconsin’s voter ID law was amended today to include charges that the law illegally blocks minorities and veterans from accessing the ballot box.

The suit, which was filed in U.S. District Court with the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and Dechert LLP, also seeks an injunction so that many of the named plaintiffs can vote on April 3, when Wisconsin will hold its presidential primary and local elections.

The filing today supplements a federal challenge against one of the most restrictive voter ID laws in the nation and on behalf of a broad spectrum of plaintiffs, including white, black and Latino voters, homeless and low-income citizens, veterans and students.

“We can now demonstrate what we have always suspected—that strict voter ID laws have a more severe negative impact on black and Latino voters,” said Jon Sherman, an attorney with the ACLU Voting Rights Project. “The Voting Rights Act was created to combat exactly this type of barrier, and we intend to see it enforced in Wisconsin.”


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“All citizens should be free to vote,” said Neil Steiner, an attorney with Dechert LLP. “Disenfranchising eligible voters is not a valid rationale for a law.”

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1. No telling where this will lead us. The RW is determined to thwart the vote. nt

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2. Attorneys' have evidence of out right discrimination against voters, but like you say, no telling

where this will lead us.....

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3. Thanks to the ACLU for standing up for our rights....