The American Civil Liberties Union asked the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to block Wisconsin’s voter ID law.
A federal judge ruled the law unconstitutional in April, but the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the law last month after Wisconsin appealed, so the ACLU filed a motion to the highest court.
“Thousands of Wisconsin voters stand to be disenfranchised by this law going into effect so close to the election. Hundreds of absentee ballots have already been cast, and the appeals court’s order is fueling voter confusion and election chaos,” Dale Ho, director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project, said in a statement.
In the original complaint, ACLU charges the law violates both the 14th and 24th amendments “because it imposes an unconstitutional poll tax on eligible voters.”
The new complaint charges the voter ID law violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
