A Dane County judge on Wednesday refused to immediately halt Wisconsin’s new voter ID law, but left the door open for two Milwaukee groups to prove their case at a trial before him. Circuit Judge David Flanagan wrote that the Milwaukee NAACP and Voces de la Frontera had not sufficiently demonstrated irreparable harm for him to issue a temporary injunction they were seeking to stop the law before the Feb. 21 primary election.
But Flanagan declined to express any view as to their probable likelihood of success on the merits of their case, which is usually a determination that a judge makes when deciding whether or not to issue an injunction. Instead, Flanagan set a scheduling conference for Monday to set a trial date for the case.
Full Article: Judge refuses to halt new voter ID law, but trial date to be set.