Federal appeals court to hear Wisconsin's voter ID, early voting cases Friday

[TexasTowelie]

CHICAGO – Wisconsin’s voter ID and early voting laws return to the limelight Friday.

A panel of three federal appeals judges will hear arguments to determine whether to reinstate restrictions on early voting and how to deal with people who have the most difficulty getting identification for voting.

The pair of cases the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing will shape what voting rules are in place next year, when Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin are up for re-election.

Since 2011, Walker and Republicans who control the Legislature have approved the voter ID law, eliminated early voting on weekends and tightened other voting regulations. A string of lawsuits followed.

Read more: http://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/24/federal-appeals-court-hear-wisconsins-voter-id-early-voting-cases-friday/98308938/

[riversedge]

1. Kick and Thanks

[TexasTowelie]

3. You're welcome.

Hopefully the appellate court will return a favorable decision.

[Dustlawyer]

2. All they need to do is look at the intent behind the voter ID laws.

There is not the in-person voter fraud they claim and everyone knows it. So their reason for the law falls apart. Then look at the effect and you can see how discriminatory the law is. Game, set, match!

This is an un-Constitutional scheme to disenfranchise certain voters, plain and simple.

[kacekwl]

4. What are the reasons given

to restrict voting early or otherwise ? Any move to restrict , limit a person's right to vote needs to be justified .

[dragonlady]

5. The real reasons

Less early voting (and only during business hours) means longer lines on election day, which may deter working people who don't have time to stand in line a long time. Less early voting means people who show up on election day without the required paperwork to prove residency (most likely poor people who move a lot, or students, or those who don't have utility bills in their name) will not get to register and vote (if they had tried to vote early they would have had time to find the right document).

The reasons given are saving money for the cities and villages that run elections and making number of hours equal between little towns and huge cities like Milwaukee and Madison (of course not because those cities are full of liberals, that never crossed their minds).