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ACLU sues Wisconsin over photo ID law
Milwaukke Journal Sentinel ^ | 14 November 2011 | Jason Stein

Posted on 12/14/2011 1:27:50 AM PST by bjorn14

The American Civil Liberties Union sued the State of Wisconsin on Tuesday over a new law requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification, charging that the measure violates the U.S. Constitution.

The lawsuit says that the state is infringing on some citizens' right to vote and to be treated equally under the law and amounts to a kind of poll tax on voters who lack the documents needed to get an approved ID.

Republican lawmakers and Gov. Scott Walker, who is named in the lawsuit along with a long list of other state officials, have said they believe the measure will withstand a court challenge.

The action came Tuesday ahead of a scheduled speech by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in which he vowed to enforce civil rights protections amid a flurry of voter ID laws recently passed around the country. The Wisconsin lawsuit was filed in federal court in Milwaukee by the national ACLU and its Wisconsin affiliate and the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty on behalf of a group of senior citizens, minorities and homeless residents.

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To: bjorn14

Procedurally speaking, there are so many exceptions and exemptions that it’s ridiculous to think someone couldn’t find a way to vote. Poll workers aren’t even allowed to look up an address to verify that it exists, Mom and I are both poll workers, and we found that out during a recent training session.


61 posted on 12/14/2011 4:05:47 PM PST by Ellendra ("It's astounding how often people mistake their own stupidity for a lack of fairness." --Thunt)
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To: pingman

“They had to show ID to register in the first place.”

Not under Motor Voter laws! You do it by mail with a signature.


62 posted on 12/14/2011 4:12:58 PM PST by DBrow
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To: bjorn14

WHY DOESN’T THE ACLU GO AFTER UNIONS FOR DEMANDING MEMBERS SHOW PHOTO-ID’S? I know,,,stupid question.


63 posted on 12/14/2011 5:13:57 PM PST by chessplayer
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To: bjorn14
When we get our country and our government away from the commie 'RATS, the first thing we need to do is go after those terrorist wannabe bass turds at the aCLU.
64 posted on 12/14/2011 6:49:56 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Stop BIG Government Greed Now!!!!)
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To: bjorn14

Obama HATES Wisconsin. We got rid of his choo-choo train. He sent his thugs to our state, and we’ve been battling him ever since. All this crap is Obama Vs Wisconsin. He has a hard on for us.

Wisconsin will win.


65 posted on 12/14/2011 11:12:34 PM PST by Indy Pendance
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66 posted on 12/15/2011 8:16:58 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: bjorn14

chicagotribune.com
Waukegan couple from Iran plead not guilty to voter fraud
Admitted noncitizens and ‘very conscientious voters’ could face prison, deportation

By Ruth Fuller and Duaa Eldeib, Chicago Tribune

December 16, 2011

A Waukegan, IL couple who are Iranian immigrants could face up to five years in prison and deportation if found guilty of falsifying documents on voter applications.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-voter-fraud-deportation-20111216,0,969487,print.story


67 posted on 12/15/2011 8:47:52 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: tflabo

Along with the leftist enemies-within that they represent.

“ACLU—the enemy within.”


68 posted on 12/17/2011 11:37:25 AM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie.)
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To: In Maryland

They obviously need to change the law then. Maybe with enough Republicans in office next year, they can.

“And since Wisconsin has election-day registration, with NUMEROUS holes in it (including a provision one can register to vote without ANY documentation if there is someone to corraborate that you live in the state), allowing voting without ID virtually assures that there will be fraud.”


69 posted on 12/17/2011 11:45:09 AM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie.)
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To: pingman

Probablt not....if they were ‘registered’ by ACORN.

“They had to show ID to register in the first place. Was that unconstitutional as well?”


70 posted on 12/17/2011 11:50:08 AM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie.)
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To: bjorn14; STARWISE; onyx; maggief

Didn’t the SCOTUS settle this issue a couple of years ago with the Indiana case?


71 posted on 12/18/2011 3:12:18 PM PST by hoosiermama (We need more Jobs.....Steve Jobs....entrepreneurs and creators.)
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