Wisconsin attorney general thrown in towel against some voter ID rules

Residents will still need to bring proper ID to polls

With about two months to go before the November elections, Wisconsin appears to be set on what election rules will be.  

From Wisconsin Common Cause, Jay Heck is pleased that state attorney general Brad Schimel has thrown in the towel in his fight to maintain some controversial voting rules that were struck down earlier this summer by a federal judge.  

That means, among other things, more time for early absentee voting.

“The other thing, too, is that it will go back to the 10 days of residency in Wisconsin that was required instead of the 28 days, which made it less possible for dual residents to vote,” Heck said.

North Carolina won’t have a voter ID law in place for the November elections this year.  This week the Supreme Court refused to restore that state’s strict voter ID rules saying it disproportionately impacted black voters.  

In Wisconsin, however, barring some other Supreme Court intervention, some voter ID rules will still be in place.

“So people should not just go to the polls thinking everything is fine,” Heck said. “They still have to bring one of the required forms of ID.

“It’s still fairly difficult to get some of those forms of ID, so they outta start earlier rather than later in order to make sure they have the right ID.”

The North Carolina law was left undisturbed because of a 4-4 by a shorthanded Supreme Court.