Wisconsin Wins Bid to Enforce Voter ID Rule in November

Wisconsin can enforce its voter photo-identification law in the Nov. 4 election after a U.S. appeals court agreed that changes by the state reduce the likelihood it will put low-income voters at a disadvantage.

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago said the state would likely win its challenge to an April decision by a lower-court judge in Milwaukee who had blocked the law. The earlier ruling found that the law places an unfair burden on people who are unable to pay for the documents needed to obtain a government-issued ID.