Court declines to hear appeal on Wisconsin voter ID law before election

A federal appeals court declined Friday to hear an appeal before a full panel of judges on the court to Wisconsin's voter ID provision before November.

The decision deals a setback to the American Civil Liberties Union and other challengers to the law.
The court said the provision of the law can remain in place for now based on the representation of the state that it had enacted a rule for the next election that requires the state's Department of Motor Vehicles to automatically mail a free photo ID...