Federal judge in Wisconsin strikes early-voting restrictions

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down early-voting restrictions enacted by Wisconsin Republicans in a lame-duck legislative session last year.
U.S. District Judge James Peterson ruled Thursday that the restrictions violate injunctions he issued in 2016 invalidating similar early-voting limits. He says the lame-duck limits are clearly inconsistent with the earlier injunctions.
In the November election, the overwhelmingly Democratic cities of Madison and Milwaukee allowed voti