Posted on 04/29/2014 11:36:21 AM PDT by GIdget2004
A federal judge in Milwaukee has struck down Wisconsin's voter Identification law, saying it unfairly burdens poor and minority voters.
U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman issued his long-awaited decision Tuesday. It invalidates Wisconsin's law.
Wisconsin's law would have required voters to show a state-issued photo ID at the polls. Supporters said it would cut down on voter fraud and boost public confidence in the integrity of the election process.
But Adelman sided with opponents, who said it disproportionately excluded poor and minority voters because they're less likely to have photo IDs or the documents needed to get them.
Wisconsin's law was only in effect for a 2012 primary before a Dane County judge declared it unconstitutional.
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Yep...thought it was a woman too, but his ugly face was revealed when I looked at his wiki page.
Brilliant.
He'll be 75 years old in October.
Why is a probably-senile old putz ruling on important cases like this?
I want federal judges to retire in their 60s, like everyone else.
Their mental faculties do NOT improve with age.
They’ll never agree and just call you a racist for suggesting it. The point is to cheat. That’s the only reason they’re opposing this.
Come on! You really think that?
That’s what he should do. But he won’t. He, like the rest of the people making money in government refuse to believe the country is on the brink of massive uprising.
Thanks, that is something that had not occurred to me. Like getting a couple hundred tax refunds to the same address. The various governments and their lackeys are so out of control that it is time to clean the stables.
I sometimes wonder if the best way to get Voert ID would be to infiltrate Democrat groups and then loudly whine about “Republican Vote Cheating” and make the SAME common sense observations from THE OTHER side of the isle and maybe the morons over there would not “Knee Jerk Dissaprove” because it was comming from a fellow “rat”.
Throw in a few PC buzzwords and we could probably have it by the end of the week, but it would take a month for the poor freeper who infiltrated their ranks to wash and scrub the stench from themselves...
[ I believe 0bamacare requires photo ID.
That will supply everyone with the ID they need to vote.
Problem solved! ]
Obama’s “Energy Prices will nesissarrily skyrocket” is more of a damn “poll tax” than requiring any form of voter ID...
Well...then I guess those poor minorities won’t get that FREE healthcare they were promised huh?
BECAUSE THAT REQUIRES AN ID!
FRIGGIN MORONS!
Where did you get the idea that defense lawyers get to strike judges?
[ We should start refusing to show ID when boarding an airplane - claim we are too poor or ignorant. Works for voting it has to work for air travel, alcohol and tobacco purchases also. ]
So who is going to post your bail when they toss you in Jail?
The judge is a liar.
No way that it’s a violation to document that you live in the area in which you are voting and that you are eligible to vote.
First, that should be done at registration. Then you should have to show ID to document that you are the person on the voter rolls that you claim to be.
In fact, not doing so violates my constitutional right to have my vote count.
I would almost believe that insane people would make better politicians than the people up there now...
Since you posted such a poignant still picture from such a great film...
It almost makes sense...
At least I would believe that electric shock treatments would be the rule for liberal politicians anyway...
I say up the voltage...
Ohhh, wait, it ain’t the volts, its the Amps...hehehe, muh bad...
;-)
SCOTUS has upheld voter id laws in other states, so I'm not sure why the Wisconsin law has been rejected, other than the usual Democratic Party hackery.
and there it is...
The Indiana Voter ID law has been before the Supreme Court twice and was upheld both times. I believe the Wisconsin law was modeled closely to the Indiana law. This ruling should be overturned, but who knows.
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