Wisconsin AG appeals to state Supreme Court to allow photo ID law for November

Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said he will ask the state’s Supreme Court to reinstate a voter identification law before the Nov. 6 state and national elections. Van Hollen, who appealed both rulings on the state’s behalf, today said he wants the high court to block their enforcement.


“No quarter has been given in defending Voter ID,” the Republican attorney general said in a statement outlining his plan to bypass the intermediate-level appellate court. “While I respect the judicial process and the right to challenge a law in court, it is time for our Supreme Court to take control of these cases.” Fights over voting access are intensifying in swing states, such as Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, where both Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns see a possibility of victory. Voter cases are also under way in Alabama, Texas and South Carolina.

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