As early voting started, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen indicated he would no longer attempt to put a voter ID requirement in place for the election.
Van Hollen spent the last week and a half looking at ways to reinstate the ID requirement for this election after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the measure. He has now dropped that idea.
“We do not expect to have voter ID in place for the November election, which is unfortunate as it is a constitutional piece of common-sense legislation that is overwhelmingly supported by the people of Wisconsin,” Van Hollen spokeswoman Dana Brueck said Monday via email.