A federal trial began on Nov. 4 over Wisconsin’s voter ID law. The trial involves two cases and is expected to last two weeks. A Dane County judge in a different case has already blocked the law, but opponents of voter ID are pursuing the federal litigation in an attempt to ensure the requirement never goes back into effect.
Minorities and senior citizens testified about costly and time-consuming difficulties they said they faced in getting photo IDs. Assistant attorneys general defended the law in court, saying requiring IDs was a reasonable way to curb fraud and maintain public confidence in the way the state runs elections.
