MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – Wisconsin’s photo ID law for voting will stay on the books — but the legal fights continue over which types of ID’s people can use at the polls.
The state Justice Department contends that out of state driver’s licenses won’t be good enough — and neither will photo ID’s given to veterans and students at Wisconsin’s 16 technical colleges.
The American Civil Liberties Union wants to make all three of those types of ID acceptable at the polls — but the state objected in court filings on Friday.
The Republican voter ID law was passed in 2011. But it’s only been used once in February of 2012 on a statewide level, due to various court challenges to the law.
Those appeals were exhausted in late March, when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider overturning a federal appeals court decision which upheld Wisconsin’s ID requirement.
The first statewide elections in which photo ID’s will be required are next February’s local primaries.
Until then, only special legislative elections and school referendums are planned — and those voters will have to bring acceptable ID’s with them.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
