MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday granted a temporary injunction to stop the state’s new voter identification law.
The ruling by Dane County Circuit Judge David Flanagan will stop the law from taking effect for the state’s April 3 presidential primary election.
The Milwaukee branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the immigration rights group Voces de la Frontera filed the lawsuit last year. A trial on a permanent injunction is scheduled for April 16.
Government Accountability Board spokesman Reid Magney had no immediate comment on the judge’s order. A spokeswoman for the state Department of Justice, which represented the GAB in the case, did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
There are four lawsuits against the state’s new voter identification law. It went into effect in February.
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