Voter ID Law Ruled Unconstitutional, Again

Voters will likely not need identification in the upcoming fall elections after a second judge struck down Wisconsin's controversial voter ID law on Tuesday.

Dane County Circuit Judge David Flanagan ruled Tuesday that the law would be a "substantial impairment of the right to vote" under the state constitution, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

"The immediate effect of his ruling is limited because another Dane County judge, Richard Niess, permanently blocked the voter ID law in March in a case brought by the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin," the article said. "Having a second ruling against the law makes it all the more difficult for voter ID proponents to get the law reinstated because they would need to get both orders lifted."

While the ruling takes away the requirement to show a photo ID, other measures remain in place, such as requiring voters to sign a poll book and to live in the same district where they will cast their ballot for 28 consecutive days.

Voters did show a photo ID during the Feb. 21 primary election, but left some voters confused when they hit the polls in April — and no longer needed IDs.

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After the March rulings, the Republican Party of Flanagan, who had signed a petition to recall Gov. Scott Walker.

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