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Conflicting voting rulings cause confusion

One Wisconsin Institute and the Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund last year challenged a host of election laws in federal court, including voter ID. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Judge halts part of his order in voter ID case

Both the state Attorney General’s Office and the groups that brought the lawsuit, One Wisconsin Institute and Citizen Action of Wisconsin, have appealed Peterson’s ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago. “We will let the court’s decision speak for itself when it wrote, ‘Defendants have not made a strong […] [Wisconsin State Journal]

Judge blocks portion of voter ID

But One Wisconsin Institute, one of the liberal groups challenging the election laws, noted Peterson had written he did not expect the state to prevail on appeal. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Rolling Back Republican Voter Suppression

The first case, One Wisconsin Institute v. Thomsen considered both Wisconsin’s voter ID laws and the restrictions the State placed on early voting. [Huffington Post]

Mayor Barrett applauds voting rights rulings

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was joined by community leaders on Sunday to discuss plans they hope to implement before the November election. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

State files appeal over early voting, ID law

The suit was brought by two liberal groups, One Wisconsin Institute and Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund. Those groups won most of their claims, but this week filed an appeal on the parts they lost. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Wisconsin AG seeks stay in voting rights case

At One Wisconsin [Institute], executive director Scot Ross said Walker tried to make it harder for Democrats to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat. [Wisconsin Gazette]

Wisconsin AG Makes Bid to Save Voter ID law

Friday's decision was a huge victory for Wisconsin voters and we are committed to fully protecting the right to vote from partisan politicians like Gov. Walker. [Courthouse News Service]

State seeks emergency stay in Wisconsin voting laws case

Walker has shown he will do whatever he can to rig our elections by denying legal voter access to ballot box based on their race or partisan affiliation, so this filing to keep these unconstitutional laws in place is not unexpected. [Capital Times]

Liberal groups appeal voter ID ruling

One Wisconsin Institute and Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund, Inc., challenged the voter ID law and other Republican-imposed election restrictions. [Associated Press]

Judge Strikes Down Parts of Wis. Voting Laws

"We argued Gov. Walker made it harder for Democrats to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat, and the judge agreed," lead plaintiff and One Wisconsin [Institute] Director Scot Ross said in a statement. [Courthouse News Service]

Brad Schimel’s spokesman also campaign official

"That line between campaign and the actual public office of the attorney general's office is being erased," said Jenni Dye, research director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Businesses could be fined for not allowing firearms

Mike Browne said in an email to The Badger Herald that Gannon’s proposal would allow guns in places where they should not be like schools, hospitals and private businesses. [Badger Herald]

Is What’s Good For Facebook Not So Good For Democracy?

Jenni Dye, who first made her Twitter account public during the Wisconsin protests against Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011 anti-union law, considers that moment a “sweet spot in the emergence of social media.” [Moyers & Company]

Conservative Wisconsin group expanding focus nationally

“All the lawsuits and propaganda they file isn’t going to change the fact that Gov. Walker has failed the people of Wisconsin over and over and over again,” said Scot Ross with One Wisconsin Now. [Associated Press]

Report: State tax credit benefits wealthy

Budgets are about choices and Gov. Walker and the Republican Legislature chose to give a $300 million tax break to millionaires and billionaires. [Associated Press]

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]