The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Wisconsin from implementing a law requiring voters to present photo IDs, overturning a lower court decision that would have put the law in place for the November election.
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a one-page order that vacated the appeals court ruling pending further proceedings. Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented, saying the application should have been denied because there was no indication that the 7th Circuit had demonstrably erred.
The ACLU, the Advancement Project and their allies now have 90 days to file a formal petition asking the Supreme Court to take up the case, Molly Collins, Associate Director for the ACLU of Wisconsin said.
The 90 day deadline lies well beyond Election Day so the law can't be reinstated by Nov. 4, 2014.
The Supreme Court ruling is also giving the nearly 2,000 clerks who handle Wisconsin’s highly decentralized voting system another case of whiplash. Since the appeals court ruling, they have been rushing to educate voters and poll watchers about the Photo ID requirement. On Friday, the clerks are expected to, in essence, tell them, “Never mind.”
CLICK HERE to read the one-page order in Frank v Walker, 14A352.
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