Update:US Supreme Court Ruling on Wisconsin Voter ID Expected Within Forty-eight Hours

[midnight]

Last edited Thu Oct 9, 2014, 11:02 PM - Edit history (1)

"Wisconsin voting rights advocates have an "exceedingly strong case on the facts and the law" to vacate or nullify the stay by the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, said Katherine Culliton-González this morning, freeing Wisconsin voters to cast their votes without presenting a restrictive range of voter IDs.

Culliton-González is co-counsel to the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) of Wisconsin, co-plaintiffs in the Wisconsin civil rights cases now before the US Supreme Court.

Culliton-González works for the Advancement Project as Senior Attorney and Director of Voter Protection.

An emergency petition (application) was filed with Justice Kagan, but sources close to the litigation said they expect the petition to be heard by the full Court."


http://malcontends.blogspot.com

Thank you USSC

US Supreme Court Halts Wisconsin Voter ID Law

"Ruthelle Frank of Brokaw, Wisconsin fights for
her right to vote against Scott Walker and
the Republican Party
In a victory of civil rights advocate, the US Supreme Court has ordered that Wisconsin's restrictive photo voter ID law is not to be enforced in the November election.

This means photo voter ID is not necessary for registered Wisconsin voters to cast votes.

The order is a defeat for Wisconsin Republicans who targeted the disabled, minorities, classes of the elderly and young voters who have trended heavily Democratic in their voting patterns.

These voters are more apt to not have the restrictive range of IDs Republicans crafted in their legislation, Act 23."
http://malcontends.blogspot.com

[riqster]

1. Here's hoping. But after three losses (VRA, Ohio and Carolina), not much hope.

[midnight]

2. "Van Hollen has stated that the state will attempt to meet the objections of the court"

"As is typical in emergency orders, the court gave no reason for the ruling. Dissenting votes in the 6-3 ruling were Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. Late news is that Wisconsin A.G. J. B. Van Hollen has stated that the state will attempt to meet the objections of the court so that voter ID can be implemented for the November election, but that would appear physically impossible at this point. The block will remain in effect until the court issues a full ruling on the law, or until an objection is filed by the state within 90 days.This is yet another of the see-saw legal battles revolving around Wisconsin legislation as we have recently seen as well with the John Doe investigation and same-sex marriage."


http://www.uppitywis.org/blogarticle/u-s-supreme-court-blocks-wisconsin-voter-id