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Wisconsin Flouting Judge’s Orders, Continuing to Disenfranchise Black Voters

WISCONSIN–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2016

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By Joan McCarter

A young girl looks out of a voting booth during Pennsylvania's primary election on April 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. .Voters cast ballots in five northeastern states, with frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both looking to overwhelm their respective Democratic and Republican rivals in the race for the White House. / AFP / EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ        (Photo credit should read EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AFP/Getty Images)

The state of Wisconsin is under a court order to provide credentials for people who don’t have the extensive documentation the state is requiring to get an approved ID for voting. Ari Berman has discovered that it’s not complying.

Legal experts say they’re extremely troubled by the state’s continued failure to fairly enforce the voter-ID law. “Wisconsin has promised the court that voters would be able to get…

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