Federal judge says he won’t rule on student voter ID case ahead of election

A federal judge announced Wednesday he won’t rule until after the Nov. 3 election on a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s requirement that student IDs include an expiration date to qualify as a valid ID for voting.
Judge James Petersen wrote in an order today it was too close to the election to change the standard, particularly with the inevitable appeals if he ruled for those challenging the law. Th...

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