Frank v. Walker

Ct. of Appeals reaffirmed its recent order to stay Dist. Ct.’s entry of injunction that prohibited enforcement of Wisc. statute requiring voters to produce photo IDs in order to vote, where defendants-state officials requested issuance of stay for purpose of allowing it to enforce photo ID requirement in this fall’s election. Defendants established strong likelihood of success on merits, where Wisc. statute was similar to Indiana statute that was upheld by U.S. Supreme Ct. in Crawford, 553 US 181. Moreover, Wisc. was entitled to enforcement of its law until statute’s validity has been finally determined. Ct. further rejected plaintiffs’ claim that voters will be unable to obtain photo IDs by time of November election, by observing that said voters already have had more than three years to obtain said IDs from date of statute’s enactment. (Dissent filed.)