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[WI]Judge throws out Van Hollen voter registration lawsuit (with decision transcript)
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| Contributor | Penguin |
| Last Edited | Penguin Oct 23, 2008 08:30pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Oct 23, 2008 08:00pm |
| Description | Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle today lauded a Dane County judge's decision to throw out a lawsuit by Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen that would have required municipal clerks to cross-check voter registrations of about 1 million newly registered voters across the state.
"Wisconsin has a strong progressive tradition of protecting our right to vote," Doyle, a Democrat, said in front of the steps of the state Capitol, speaking from a podium bearing a Democratic Party of Wisconsin placard.
In dismissing the lawsuit, Judge Maryann Sumi Thursday ruled that no federal or state law exists that makes cross-checking voter registrations necessary for a citizen to vote. (Read the transcript of Sumi's decision.) Van Hollen sought to force state election officials to verify before the Nov. 4 election the eligibility of voters registered since Jan. 1, 2006, when federal law required states to compile voter lists as part of the Help America Vote Act. |
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