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Federal judge strikes down Wisconsin election laws
Associated Press ^ | Jul 29, 2016 6:23 PM EDT

Posted on 07/29/2016 4:21:47 PM PDT by Olog-hai

A federal judge in Wisconsin has declared multiple Republican-authored election laws unconstitutional in a sweeping ruling.

Two liberal groups filed a lawsuit in May challenging the laws, including a requirement that voters show photo identification.

U.S. District Judge James Peterson issued a ruling Friday that upheld the voter ID law, but struck down a number of GOP-written statutes and policies that restricted voting. …

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: electionfraud; jamespeterson; judicialactivism; voterid; wisconsin
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1 posted on 07/29/2016 4:21:47 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Voter fraud. It’s the Democrats’ trademark.


2 posted on 07/29/2016 4:24:04 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Olog-hai

I thought election regulations were left to the States?


3 posted on 07/29/2016 4:24:18 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts ( Screech and the Squawks, or Hillary and her band of fairy misfits)
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To: Olog-hai
But it wasn't racist for the DNC to require photo ID at their convention, oh nooooooooooo.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2012/09/04/dnc-requires-ids-to-enter-convention/


4 posted on 07/29/2016 4:25:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Glad2bnuts

Not when the Rats need to manufacture minority votes.


5 posted on 07/29/2016 4:25:40 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Olog-hai

It would be nice to have a list of all federal judges, and who appointed them...


6 posted on 07/29/2016 4:28:11 PM PDT by fone (Proverbs 109.8)
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To: Glad2bnuts

As long as they favor Democrats they are. t is only when they do not favor Democrats that the Federal Government steps in.


7 posted on 07/29/2016 4:28:20 PM PDT by sport
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To: Olog-hai

In case nobody else has noticed....Democrats claim to believe in “regulation”...except when it comes to lawyers, judges & abortionists....then they believe in unfettered de-regulation..even to the point where judges may vote themselves the power to illegally amend the Constitution or, eg, court order de-regulation of state-licensed medical doctors in one area favored by feminists.


8 posted on 07/29/2016 4:28:37 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Olog-hai

Ignore him.


9 posted on 07/29/2016 4:29:33 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Olog-hai

Well, just like clockwork for an election....liberal courts are nothing if not predictable.


10 posted on 07/29/2016 4:32:31 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: Olog-hai
SECEDE! WISEXIT!


11 posted on 07/29/2016 4:32:46 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (TRUMP THAT BEYOTCH!)
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To: Olog-hai

Well he was an Obama appointee so what else could we expect.


12 posted on 07/29/2016 4:34:28 PM PDT by Jean2 (ox)
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To: Olog-hai

The Dems are determined to steal this election.


13 posted on 07/29/2016 4:35:28 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Olog-hai

Judge James D Peterson is a Barack Obama appointee. What else would you expect of him. Aren’t you getting tired of this too?


14 posted on 07/29/2016 4:36:35 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent (EEe)
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To: Olog-hai

Democrats have created a corrupt legal system where rogue, unregulated judges act like super-delegates awarded 10 times the voting power over the rest of us


15 posted on 07/29/2016 4:38:36 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Glad2bnuts

Evidently not...Federal judge just struck down North Carolina’s voter ID law....


16 posted on 07/29/2016 4:38:49 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: PGR88

yup- just like obama is ignoring the courts on immigration law rulings


17 posted on 07/29/2016 4:38:58 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Glad2bnuts

That is what I have been thinking.


18 posted on 07/29/2016 4:39:39 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Olog-hai

You can use your “expired but otherwise qualifying student ID” to vote now. I have several of those in my drawer.


19 posted on 07/29/2016 4:41:41 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: Olog-hai

We must take these rulings and cheat TOO!! March!! We aren’t stupid. Offset the fraud!!


20 posted on 07/29/2016 4:42:46 PM PDT by WENDLE (hillary in an unindicted criminal.)
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