The Fight over Restricting Early Voting in Wisconsin returned to Federal Court Monday, Three days after Gov. Scott Walker Signed into Law a New Limit Passed during a Lame-Duck Legislative Session.
Walker and Republicans pushed for a Two-week Limit said the Time Frame for Voting Early should be Uniform across the State, Not left up to each Community to Determine. Walker argued it was an Issue of Fairness. Local Communities could Decide when within the Two-week Period to Offer Early Voting.
A Coalition of Liberal Groups, with the Support of former Democratic U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, asked a Federal Judge to Block Implementation of the Early Voting Restrictions.
The same Judge, in 2016, Struck Down a similar Two-week Early Voting Limitation as Unconstitutional.
Attorneys for the Groups argued that Republicans called the Lame-Duck Session “as part of a partisan attempt to retain and regain power” and the Early Voting Limitation was “in direct violation” of the Court’s 2016 Order.
Holder, in a Statement, said Walker and Republicans showed a “blatant disregard for a previous court ruling and refusal to listen to the will of the people.” He called it “another shameful mark on the legacy of Scott Walker and his allies in the Legislature.”
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