Appeals court suspends ruling rejecting parts of Wisconsin voter ID law

[Eugene]

Last edited Wed Aug 10, 2016, 04:01 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Reuters

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday suspended a July 19 ruling by a federal judge that struck down parts of Wisconsin's voter ID law, the Department of Justice said.

Under the ruling by U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman, Wisconsin voters who did not have photo identification would have been able to vote in the Nov. 8 presidential election.

A Justice Department statement said that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit issued a stay concluding "both that the district court’s decision is likely to be reversed on appeal and that disruption of the state’s electoral system in the interim will cause irreparable injury.”

Wisconsin is one of several Republican-led states that have passed voter ID laws in recent years amid fear of fraudulent voting by illegal immigrants and others. The nine states with the strictest laws, insisting on state-issued photo identification for voters, include Texas, Virginia, Indiana and Georgia.

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(Reporting by Eric Walsh; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Grant McCool)


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-wisconsin-idUSKCN10L1U5

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Politics | Wed Aug 10, 2016 12:57pm EDT

EDIT: Article updated at link
Original Reuters headline: U.S. appeals court stays ruling striking down part of Wisconsin ID law

[MattP]

1. Irreparable harm! What a load of bullshit

[PatSeg]

4. Well, in all fairness

It could cause irreparable harm to republican politicians.

[MattP]

2. 7th circuit 9 to 3 republican appointed judges

[Hortensis]

3. Thanks. JUST the info I was going to go look for.

Two of the seats are vacant while Republicans have been keeping Obama from filling them, along with over 100 on other courts.

Well, we're probably going to get the Senate, and then we'll at least fix that.