Sat
30 Apr
2005
Voter ID Bill Vetoed In Wisconsin
Posted by Slobokan @ 12:38 am
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Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed a bill Friday that would have required voters to show government-issued picture identification at the polls, saying it would disenfranchise elderly voters.
Republicans had argued that the bill would help eliminate the potential for fraud during elections, in which registered Wisconsin voters - like those in many states - need only give their name and address to cast ballots.
But Doyle, a Democrat, said the bill would have made voting more difficult for about 100,000 senior citizens who don’t have driver’s licenses.
“It will do nothing to correct the management and process problems that have been identified in our elections,” he said in a statement.
How does this disenfranchise elderly voters? They are required to have some legal form of identification for other reasons. If they didn’t they could not have bank accounts and other such items that require, by law, valid forms of identification. The driver’s license is not the only valid form of identification. Requiring valid identification to simply prove someone is eligible to vote does not disenfranchise that person, it protects the validity of their vote.
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Posted by Slobokan
December 3, 2006 @ 2:06 am
It’s made of foam? I thought It’s made of foam? I thought they used real cheese? Hmm. :lol:
Posted by Vinny
December 3, 2006 @ 2:06 am
What do you expect from a sta What do you expect from a state whose people wear foam cheese on their heads?
Posted by Slobokan
December 3, 2006 @ 2:06 am
Well, lets see, in addition t Well, lets see, in addition to a driver’s license, we have,
a. State issued Identification Card (which most states require by law (if one does not have a driver’s license) for those 18 and older.
b. Passports (which also require a driver license or item ‘a’ to obtain in the first place.
c. Permanent Resident Card
These elderly voters the governor is afraid of disenfranchising MUST have one of these, else they would not be able to cash their social scurity checks and such, because they would not be able to have a bank account in the first place without valid identification.
Posted by stageleft
December 3, 2006 @ 2:06 am
What other “government-issued What other “government-issued picture identification” is available to people who do not drive?