October 9, 2014
By Cindy Gordy
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court (click here) blocked a Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals order to implement Wisconsin’s voter identification requirement just weeks before Election Day. By granting a petition for an emergency stay, filed by Advancement Project, co-counsel Arnold & Porter and the ACLU, the Supreme Court’s decision means that Wisconsin voters will not have to acquire and present a state-issued photo identification at the polls on November 4th. The national civil rights organization, Advancement Project, challenged the discriminatory law under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens of Wisconsin (LULAC), Cross Lutheran Church, Wisconsin League of Young Voters Education Fund, and the Milwaukee Area Labor Council of the AFL-CIO. Advancement Project released the following statement in response to today’s ruling:...
That is one interesting alliance of interests. That is an overwhelming set of voters. The US Supreme Court could not ignore the sheer numbers of minority and special interest voters that would be impacted by hateful election laws.
By Cindy Gordy
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court (click here) blocked a Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals order to implement Wisconsin’s voter identification requirement just weeks before Election Day. By granting a petition for an emergency stay, filed by Advancement Project, co-counsel Arnold & Porter and the ACLU, the Supreme Court’s decision means that Wisconsin voters will not have to acquire and present a state-issued photo identification at the polls on November 4th. The national civil rights organization, Advancement Project, challenged the discriminatory law under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens of Wisconsin (LULAC), Cross Lutheran Church, Wisconsin League of Young Voters Education Fund, and the Milwaukee Area Labor Council of the AFL-CIO. Advancement Project released the following statement in response to today’s ruling:...
That is one interesting alliance of interests. That is an overwhelming set of voters. The US Supreme Court could not ignore the sheer numbers of minority and special interest voters that would be impacted by hateful election laws.
WASHINGTON
– Today, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a Seventh Circuit Court of
Appeals order to implement Wisconsin’s voter identification requirement
just weeks before Election Day. By granting a petition for an emergency
stay, filed by Advancement Project, co-counsel Arnold & Porter and
the ACLU, the Supreme Court’s decision means that Wisconsin voters will
not have to acquire and present a state-issued photo identification at
the polls on November 4th. The national civil rights organization,
Advancement Project, challenged the discriminatory law under Section 2
of the Voting Rights Act, on behalf of the League of United Latin
American Citizens of Wisconsin (LULAC), Cross Lutheran Church, Wisconsin
League of Young Voters Education Fund, and the Milwaukee Area Labor
Council of the AFL-CIO. Advancement Project released the following
statement in response to today’s ruling: - See more at:
http://www.advancementproject.org/news/entry/wisconsin-voter-id-law-halted-as-supreme-court-blocks-appeals-court-order#sthash.j7QThBDm.dpuf
