Judge: ‘Decent Case’ Political Role in Wisconsin Voting Laws
The lawsuit was brought by the liberal group One Wisconsin Institute Inc., social justice group Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund and 10 voters. [Associated Press]
Voting Rights & Election Protection
Federal judge: Impact of Wisconsin voter ID law unclear
Spiva represents two liberal groups, One Wisconsin Institute... as well as people who have had difficulty getting photo IDs. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Closing Statements in Federal Voting Rights Case Call for End to Gov. Walker, GOP’s Effort to Rig Elections
Gov. Scott Walker and his legislative cohorts have made it easier for Republicans to cheat and harder for Democrats to vote
Final arguments set for today in Wisconsin election law challenge
It was brought by the liberal One Wisconsin Institute, which claim the laws discriminate against minorities, the poor, and young voters. [Wisconsin Radio Network]
Attorneys argue Wisconsin election laws are discriminatory
The lawsuit was brought by the liberal group One Wisconsin Institute Inc., social justice group Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund and 10 voters. [Associated Press]
Federal Judge Hears Closing Arguments In Voter ID Lawsuit
The lawsuit by the liberal One Wisconsin Institute targets Wisconsin's voter ID law, restrictions on in-person absentee voting and the elimination of straight-ticket voting, among other changes. [Wisconsin Public Radio]
GOP insider Rick Graber to lead Bradley Foundation
"He certainly checks Bradley's biggest boxes," said Scot Ross, head of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, which closely tracks the foundation. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Republicans on trial
The lawsuit launched by liberal groups One Wisconsin Institute... argues that Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-led Legislature enacted changes in state election law to make it harder for people of color to vote [Isthmus]
One Wisconsin Institute Files Post-Trial Brief in Case Against Gov. Walker Attacks on Voter Rights
Plaintiffs in the federal voting rights trial One Wisconsin Institute et. al. v Gerald Nichol et. al. have submitted their post-trial brief in the case.
Finance committee OKs money for voter ID outreach
Liberal group One Wisconsin Institute has challenged the law in another lawsuit, but that action is still pending and the ID requirement was in effect for the February state primary election and April's presidential primary. [Associated Press]
Voter ID Education Campaign Funding: Throwing Good Money After Bad Policy
A committee today considered a request to spend $250,000 on an “educational campaign” about the voter ID law enacted by Scott Walker and the GOP-controlled legislature.
Republicans Escalate War on Voting Rights
Republican suppression strategy on voting rights is to pass laws making voting as difficult as possible for disfavored classes of voters... This is what is being addressed in... One Wisconsin Institute v. Nichol. [MAL Contends]
GOP Goal Less Access for Democratic Voters
One Wisconsin Institute argues that changes in election law by the Republican-led legislature were intentionally done to make it harder for minorities to cast ballots. [Urban Milwaukee]
Wisconsin at vanguard of national legal fight on voter ID
The legal fight over Wisconsin’s photo ID voting requirement put it back in the political spotlight this month, with the state a key front in the national battle surrounding such laws. [Wisconsin State Journal]
This week in the war on voting
[One Wisconsin Institute says] the laws impose a disproportionate burden on people of color. The trial is expected to conclude late next week. [DailyKos]
Princeton prof : Minority participation did not decline due to voting laws
One Wisconsin Institute countered that a comparison between the 2012 recall election and 2014 election would have shown a decrease in voter turnout. [Capital Times]
The 4 Most Damning Revelations In Wisconsin’s Voter ID Trial
One Wisconsin Institute is challenging restrictions on early voting and the elimination of straight-ticket voting that Wisconsin Republicans have implemented over the past few years. [Think Progress]
Bizarre Republican Polemics Defending Voter Obstruction
The Republican case for voter obstruction as made at the bench trial of One Wisconsin Institute v. Nichol has veered into the vacuous and the bizarre. [MAL Contends]
Testimony Concludes in Federal Voting Rights Trial Challenge to Republican-Led Attacks on Electoral Participation in Wisconsin
The real voting fraud in Wisconsin has been exposed, and it is these politicians manipulating the rules on voting to give themselves an unfair partisan advantage.
Testimony in Voter ID lawsuit offers insight into real motives for law
The suit was brought by One Wisconsin [Institute]...with the argument that Republican officials passed the law and other related rules as an intentional means of disenfranchising voters. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Scot Ross: Court should strike down GOP’s voting rules
While it might be working for Republicans, this assault on voting is not working for Wisconsin. [Capital Times]
Indefensible: Eligible Voters Stripped of Constitutional Right to Vote by Decisions of Department of Motor Vehicles
The only thing the laws passed by Gov. Walker and the GOP-controlled legislature are stopping is legal voters from having their voices heard on election day.
Voter Suppression Law Held Unlawful, Opinion Points Way for Wis. Voting Rights
In the Wisconsin voting rights case, a series of voter suppression laws enacted into law by Wisconsin Republicans since 2011 are challenged. [MAL Contends]
Clerks defend GOP-backed changes to Wisconsin election law
Election clerks from predominantly white suburbs of Milwaukee testified Tuesday in support of new state voting laws. [Associated Press]
Meet the expert witnesses testifying in Wisconsin’s federal voter ID trial
Plaintiffs are arguing that lawmakers intended to discriminate against non-white voters by passing the voter ID requirement. [Capital Times]
Political Historian: New Wis. Voting Laws Are Discriminatory
Recent Wisconsin laws limiting voting hours and requiring people to present ID at the polls, taken together, amount to state-sponsored discrimination. [Associated Press]
Department of Motor Vehicle Chief’s Testimony in Federal Voting Rights Trial Reveals Troubling Racial Disparity in Voter ID Law
Wisconsin Republicans created a bureaucratic labyrinth to both deny legal voters the ID cards they need and to give themselves an unfair partisan advantage.
Without new state rule, some voters might have lost vote this fall
Some voters might not have been able to cast ballots this fall if not for a new state rule put in place on the eve of a trial over Wisconsin's voter ID law, the official responsible for issuing ID cards testified Monday. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Federal Trial Exposes the Real Fraud in Wisconsin Elections: Gov. Walker and GOP Manipulating Rules on Voting for Unfair Partisan Political Advantage
In federal court today, a leading national scholar on voting fraud testified that there have been zero cases of in-person voter impersonation in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Voting Rights Drama Plays Out in Court
You have to hand it to the liberal political research group One Wisconsin [Institute]... So effective was the testimony at trial, it grabbed headlines and could change access to the ballot—and the even the outcome of the next elections. [The Progressive]
Testimony: Minorities bear brunt of voter ID law
"These DMV statistics show there's a disturbing pattern of voters being denied the franchise," said Mike Browne, deputy director of the liberal One Wisconsin Institute, one of the plaintiffs. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
In federal court, Wisconsin DMV administrator outlines challenges in issuing free voter IDs
People who die waiting for a state-issued voter ID are recorded as a "customer-initiated cancellation" by the state Department of Motor Vehicles. [Capital Times]
Experts Testify on Gov. Walker and Legislative Republican Schemes to Suppress Legal Voters: It’s Working
In testimony in the federal voting rights case, experts agreed that, “it’s working” when it comes to the campaign by Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled legislature to suppress votes.
Witnesses detail difficulties obtaining IDs in Wisconsin voter ID case
A federal judge heard testimony Tuesday from Wisconsin residents who have faced difficulties obtaining photo IDs for themselves or family members. [Capital Times]
UW prof: Voter ID in Wisconsin, other requirements likely violate federal law
Wisconsin election laws on trial in federal court this week likely violate the federal Voting Rights Act. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Republicans Were “Giddy” About Suppressing Voting Rights
In federal court yesterday, the plaintiffs offered testimony from a former high level Republican staffer who revealed that Republican state senators were “giddy” at the prospect of passing a voter ID law.
Scott Walker, Wisconsin Republicans Exposed as Frauds at Voting Rights Trial
A federal trial for the first time introduces evidence of the intent of Republicans to use photo voter ID to block voters by citing the words of Republican legislators [MAL Contends]
Former aide: GOP lawmakers privately touted voter ID as helping them win elections
Plaintiffs in the suit include One Wisconsin Institute, the research arm of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Federal trial over state voting laws enters second day
State defendants called the GOP voter laws fair as the liberal [One Wisconsin Institute] challenges voter IDs and other laws like a ten-day limit on early voting. [Hudson Star-Observer]
Wisconsin Republicans Were ‘Giddy’ About Making It Harder to Vote
Scott Walker’s Republican legislative allies were “giddy” at the prospect that a radical rewrite of voting laws would benefit their political prospects. [The Nation]
Federal judge set to weigh Wisconsin voting changes
Liberal Group One Wisconsin Institute social justice group Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund and 10 voters filed the lawsuit last June. [Associated Press]
Voting Rights Trial Kicks Off With GOP Insider Revealing Partisan Motivations Behind Voter ID Law
Plaintiffs are arguing that restrictions adopted by Gov. Scott Walker and the GOP-controlled legislature were meant to and have the effect of making it more difficult to vote.
Start of Wisconsin Voter ID Trial Looks Bad for GOP
Todd Allbaugh – the first witness One Wisconsin Institute called – claims lawmakers adopted new requirements to discriminate against traditionally Democratic voters. [Courthouse News Service]
Federal judge hears challenge to Wisconsin election laws
The lawsuit was brought by the liberal group One Wisconsin Institute Inc., social justice group Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund and 10 voters. [Associated Press]
Ex-GOP staffer says senators were ‘giddy’ over voter ID law
The lawsuit was brought by One Wisconsin Institute which argues state officials intentionally meant to make it harder for minorities to cast ballots. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Federal Judge To Eye Wisconsin’s Voting Changes
Liberal group One Wisconsin Institute, Inc. filed the lawsuit last June. U.S. District Judge James Peterson has scheduled a bench trial to begin Monday in Madison. [Associated Press]
Lawsuits spur voter ID revision by Walker
One Wisconsin Institute executive director Scot Ross... accused the Walker administration of repeatedly manipulating voting rules to gain a partisan advantage. [Associated Press]
Voters awaiting photo ID would receive a receipt to vote
A judge determined One Wisconsin Institute could keep alive their arguments that voters should be able to use a broader range of IDs for voting. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Gov. Walker eases state Voter ID restrictions
The move comes just days before the state goes to trial over a challenge to Wisconsin's Voter ID law by the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, which claims that obtaining a state ID is so difficult some would-be eligible voters are simply giving up. [WKOW-TV]
Scott Walker administration tweaks voter ID rules
Scot Ross, executive director of liberal group One Wisconsin Now, said OWN lawyers are reviewing the new rule. [Wisconsin State Journal]