One Wisconsin Institute

Federal Judge Voices Skepticism As Voter ID Challenge Wraps

“The difficulties were acute but they were not widespread,” Peterson told lawyers for the liberal group One Wisconsin Institute, who brought the suit, and the state, who are defending the rules. “An awful lot of people got IDs after the law was passed. Most people got their IDs.” [Wisconsin Public Radio]

Lawsuit challenging Wisconsin election laws goes to judge

Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal One Wisconsin Institute, contends the changes are illegal because they use the law to keep people from voting based on factors such as their minority status or their age. [Wisconsin Radio Network]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]