One of the groups whose lawsuit blocked Wisconsin’s voter I-D law has asked the State Supreme Court not to touch the case ahead of the November election.
The NAACP only made its request after Attorney General J-B Van Hollen petitioned the court to take up voter I-D on an expedited appeal.Two Dane County circuit court judges struck the law down, saying the new requirement violates Wisconsin’s constitution because of the way it makes it harder for people without state-issued I-Ds to vote.Van Hollen argued those circuit courts erred and overstepped and said because of the constitutional issues raised, the state supreme court should step in immediately.
The NAACP contended in a motion filed yesterday that there was no reason an this case should be rushed, saying the issues raised by the Attorney General had always been handled by appeals courts first.The NAACP also wrote that if the high court hurried to take this case, it would provide “confusion and chaos at the polls statewide.”
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Two federal lawsuits against voter I-D have been temporarily put on hold pending the outcome of these lawsuits in state court.
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