ACLU Responds to Voting Rights Appeal

May 12, 2014 12:00 am

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Wisconsin state officials today appealed the April 29 federal court ruling that struck down the state's voter ID law as unconstitutional and in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The ACLU had challenged the law on behalf of numerous Wisconsin voters, charging the measure violated the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause and the VRA. The ACLU argued the case at trial in November.

Dale Ho, director of the ACLU's Voting Rights Project, responded to today's appeal, saying:
 
"State officials are shamefully trying to resuscitate an unconstitutional law that makes it harder for citizens to vote. Unlike Governor Scott Walker's administration, we believe voters have the right to choose their elected officials, not the other way around."
 
Karyn Rotker, ACLU of Wisconsin senior staff attorney, added: "The federal court was right to strike down this discriminatory law. It's too bad that some politicians seem fixated on depriving Wisconsinites of their right to vote once again."
 

More information about this case is at: https://www.aclu.org/voting-rights/frank-v-walker-fighting-voter-suppression-wisconsin

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