Legal Opinion
One Wisconsin Institute, Inc. v. Nichol
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided May 12, 2016No. 15-cv-324-jdpPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
JAMES D. PETERSON, District Judge
Plaintiffs here challenge a set of Wisconsin laws that have significantly changed the state’s elections. The most significant new law is 2011 Wisconsin Act 23, which requires voters to present one of several specified types of photo ID. But Act 23 and a handful of other new laws passed since 2011 contain approximately a dozen new provisions relating ■ to elections. In general, in addition to the voter ID requirement, the new provisions restrict early and absentee voting and they impose new restrictions on voter registration, presumably to ensure…
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