Jesse Wegman on Wisconsin voter id decision, in NYT’s “Taking Note” Ed blog, quoting my blog post from Friday:

Rick Hasen, a professor of election law at the University of California, Irvine, called the decision a “big, big mistake” on his blog. He noted that the state has already mailed out nearly 12,000 absentee ballots that do not include the photo-ID requirement. “It is hard enough to administer an election with set rules — much less to change the rules midstream.”

Mr. Hasen predicted that the appeals court’s ruling itself could well be stayed by the Supreme Court on the grounds that last-minute changes risk introducing electoral chaos. In a 2006 ruling, which the appeals panel did not cite, the Supreme Court said: “Court orders affecting elections, especially conflicting orders, can themselves result in voter confusion and consequent incentive to remain away from the polls. As an election draws closer, that risk will increase.”