Walker Jobs Bills...Er...GOP Permanent Majority Maneuvering...To Hit Legislature Fast
Republicans want to use the legislative process and a Constitutional amendment to make voting harder in cities and on college campuses, which often vote Democratic.
As I've been saying, so much for the talk about economic and jobs measures as the #1 priority - - it's Realpolitik first.
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And the main Assembly sponsor is Jeff Stone, who wants to be Milwaukee County exec. Maybe he'll have a betetr chance if he makes it harder for students, the elderly, poor people and minorities to vote.
Yes, Walker’s focus is on jobs. There are other people in Madison available to work on other Wisconsin issues. To criticize for doing anything but focusing on jobs is simply stupid.
Getting a license or photo ID is a one-time event. Stop making the acquisition of an approved ID such a major issue. Most adults have an ID, many others have a photo ID. Just how much of the population is going to be inconvenienced just once?
What if mobile photo ID stations are set up at voting locations so voters can get their photo ID taken on the spot. Then, once the system recognizes that a citizen has a photo ID, it is required for subsequent elections.
Yes, we have a right to vote. If I don't have a means to get to a polling station, is the government going to pay for a taxi? The system of having to travel to a polling station disenfranchises those without a means of transportation.
Well, instead, I could submit a right-in ballot. But, if I am in a situation where I cannot get a ballot, or return a ballot, then the voting system is disenfranchizing me too.
It's another kind of Jim Crow, plain and simple.
And there's a good argument to be made that this voter ID bill violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Looks like the MJS has another right-wing columnist in addition to McIlhern.
Yes, we need voter ID. Let me list the ways
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