Voter ID law in Wisconsin suspended by judge

A circuit court judge in Wisconsin has suspended the state’s controversial voter ID law, arguing there is little proof it would prevent voter fraud, as proponents say, nor that is likely to particularly affect minorities and elderly people who don’t have a driver’s license.

Wisconsin is one of eight states that in 2011 passed a law that required voters to present photo identification to vote. The laws, largely passed with the support of Republicans in state legislatures and GOP governors, are controversial. Democrats say the laws are intended largely to limit voting by African-Americans and other demographic groups likely to back President Obama in the November elections.

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