Judge Rules in Favor of One Wisconsin Institute Voter Rights Claims
Today, federal Judge James Peterson issued a ruling in the federal voting rights lawsuit One Wisconsin Institute Inc., et al v. Gerald Nichol, et al.
Today, federal Judge James Peterson issued a ruling in the federal voting rights lawsuit One Wisconsin Institute Inc., et al v. Gerald Nichol, et al.
Scot Ross said their attorneys argued, "Gov. Walker made it harder for Democrats to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat, and the judge agreed." [WISC-TV]
One Wisconsin Institute, one of the plaintiffs in the suit, called the ruling "a huge win, not only for the plaintiffs, but for democracy itself." [Wisconsin Public Radio]
Peterson’s ruling came in response to a lawsuit brought by two liberal groups — One Wisconsin Institute and Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund Inc. [Wisconsin Gazette]
Scot Ross, director of the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, an arm of One Wisconsin Institute, cheered the ruling. [Associated Press]
"We argued Gov. Walker made it harder for Democrats to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat, and the judge agreed," Scot Ross, director of One Wisconsin [Institute], said. [Associated Press]
A spokesman for One Wisconsin Institute, one of the two groups which filed the challenge, hailed Peterson’s ruling as “a huge win not only for the plaintiffs but for democracy itself.” [Huffington Post]
The state DOJ previously asked Adelman to put the lawsuit on hold because a similar lawsuit brought by... One Wisconsin Institute made its way through the courts, challenging elements of the Voter ID law. [Wisconsin State Journal]
That lawsuit by two liberal groups, One Wisconsin Institute and Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund, also challenges limits on early voting. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
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“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]
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]
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]
Gov. Scott Walker and his legislative cohorts have made it easier for Republicans to cheat and harder for Democrats to vote
It was brought by the liberal One Wisconsin Institute, which claim the laws discriminate against minorities, the poor, and young voters. [Wisconsin Radio Network]
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]
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]
You ought to be free to love whomever you want, and you ought not be denied the same rights as others because you want to marry that person. It’s just common sense. [Capital Times]
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This decision protecting the rights of women is a powerful reminder of why courts matter. [WITI-TV]
This decision protecting the rights of women is a powerful reminder of why courts matter. [Wisconsin Gazette]
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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]
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.
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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]
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.
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]
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]
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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]
Imagine a Wisconsin where a woman would not be able to legally have her birth control prescription filled. It has happened, and it’s a powerful example of why courts matter. [Capital Times]
[One Wisconsin Institute says] the laws impose a disproportionate burden on people of color. The trial is expected to conclude late next week. [DailyKos]
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]
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]
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]
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.
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]
While it might be working for Republicans, this assault on voting is not working for Wisconsin. [Capital Times]
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.
In the Wisconsin voting rights case, a series of voter suppression laws enacted into law by Wisconsin Republicans since 2011 are challenged. [MAL Contends]
Election clerks from predominantly white suburbs of Milwaukee testified Tuesday in support of new state voting laws. [Associated Press]
Plaintiffs are arguing that lawmakers intended to discriminate against non-white voters by passing the voter ID requirement. [Capital Times]
Recent Wisconsin laws limiting voting hours and requiring people to present ID at the polls, taken together, amount to state-sponsored discrimination. [Associated Press]
Wisconsin Republicans created a bureaucratic labyrinth to both deny legal voters the ID cards they need and to give themselves an unfair partisan advantage.
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]
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.
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]