Legal Opinion
Frank v. Walker
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided July 19, 2016No. Case No. 11-C-1128PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LYNN ADELMAN, District Judge
The plaintiffs, a number of individuals who are eligible to vote in Wisconsin, filed this suit in 2011, alleging that Wisconsin’s law requiring them to present photo identification at the polls, 2011 Wis. Act 23 (“Act 23”), violates the Constitution and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Following a trial on the claims alleged in this and a companion case, I concluded that Act 23 placed an undue burden on the plaintiffs’ voting rights and therefore violated the Fourteenth Amendment. I also concluded that Act 23 violated Section 2 of the Voting…
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