Judge temporarily blocks Wisconsin voter ID law - - X-post from LBN ....Woo Hooo!

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/101469187
(Reuters) - A judge temporarily blocked enforcement of Wisconsin's controversial new voter identification law on Tuesday, weeks before the state's April 3 presidential primary, and supporters of the law said they would likely appeal.

The law, passed last year by a Republican-controlled legislature, requires voters to present photo identification such as a driver's license at polling places for federal, state and local elections.

Dane County Judge David Flanagan issued the temporary injunction as part of a lawsuit brought by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which argued the law disenfranchises voters who do not possess acceptable identification, many of them minorities.

Thirty states now require voters to show some form of ID before voting, according to the National Council of State Legislatures. In 14 of those, including Wisconsin, the ID must include a photo of the voter.

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1. And the GOP is screaming because the judge signed a recall Walker petition...

There seems to be nothing wrong with a judge signing such a petition and then hearing this case, but that matters little to the tea-hadists who see judicial bias.