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March 24, 2015

Supreme Court Refuses Challenge to Wisconsin Voter ID Law 
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The American Civil Liberties Union has filed an emergency motion to
block Wisconsin's voter ID law after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an
appeal and left the law in place. The measure threatens to
disenfranchise an estimated 300,000 people who lack adequate
identification. A lower-court judge had noted there was only one
documented case of voter fraud in Wisconsin over a period of eight
years. Critics say the law signed by Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott
Walker and others like it nationwide seek to block votes by the poor and
people of color, who tend to vote Democratic. The law will not be in
effect for April elections.

 

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