FREDERICA FREYBERG:

VOTER I.D. IS ON THE ROPES AGAIN IN WISCONSIN, AT LEAST THE ADMINISTRATION OF IT. A FEDERAL JUDGE THURSDAY ORDERED THE STATE TO PRODUCE A ONE-PAGE EXPLANATION OF THE PROCESS BY WHICH VOTERS CAN OBTAIN CREDENTIALS FOR THOSE WHO LACK I.D.S TO VOTE. U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE JAMES PETERSON ALSO ORDERED THE STATE TO PRODUCE AN EXPLAINING DOCUMENT FOR APPLICANTS. AND HE ORDERED THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE DOCUMENTS TO MEDIA AND VOTING GROUPS BY MONDAY. JUDGE PETERSON ALSO ORDERED STATE ATTORNEYS IN THE LIBERAL GROUP ONE WISCONSIN INSTITUTE TO COME UP WITH A PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN ON THE VOTER I.D. PROCESS, AGAIN BY NEXT WEEK. THE ORDERS COME IN THE WAKE OF THIS WEEK’S COURT HEARING SPARKED BY CHALLENGES TO VOTER I.D. OVER INACCURATE INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED ABOUT THE CREDENTIALING PROCESS.