retired wrote on May 1, 2008 3:13 PM:
" The state Republican Party has complained for years about the possibility that at least hundreds of felons illegally voted in the 2004 presidential elections, arguing its one reason the state needs to require voters to show photo identification at the polls - a measure that Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle has vetoed three times.
In one April 2005 statement, then-state Republican Party chairman Rick Graber claimed widespread voter fraud from felons, voters with inaccurate addresses and other sources totaled in the thousands of votes.
Entire Wisconsin communities have had their legitimately cast ballots wiped out by this combination of fraud, abuse and mismanagement, Graber said. "
retired wrote on May 1, 2008 3:12 PM:
" The more conservative Wisconsin State Journal did an article on this false issue last spring. Voter fraud doesn't really exist.
April 13, 2007, The Wisconsin State Journal
Several dozen felons - as many as 82 - may have illegally voted in Wisconsin in the 2006 fall elections, a state Elections Board audit has found.
The number amounts to just thousandths of 1 percent of the 2.16 million voters who voted in that election statewide and two-tenths of 1 percent of the roughly 41,500 state felons who were being supervised in communities on Nov. 7.
The modest number appears to contradict claims by state Republicans that voting by felons is a much more widespread problem in Wisconsin.
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Phil O'Bates wrote on Apr 30, 2008 8:37 AM:
" If a specific kind of ID was suddenly required and people weren't informed about it until the last minute or month before the November elections, I would say it would be a hinderance. However, this is April! People have 6 months, approximately 132 working days, to get an ID. If people can't figure out how to get an ID by then, then they shouldn't be allowed to vote. Like Krusty and Random annoying bozo said, It aint that hard. Not having an ID just increases the likelyhood of voter fraud. Now, which party supports voter ID and which doesn't will tell you alot about who likes voter fraud and who doesn't. "
retired wrote on Apr 29, 2008 9:15 PM:
" In reality, there are many people without proper identification, according to a study from UW-Milwaukee. The problem is that they must have currently valid licenses, so many students who rent would be ineligible if their license had their old address on it. Out of state students who wish to vote in the area they are working, living, and paying taxes often have trouble getting a new license as it will affect their insurance in another state. In Wisconsin, over 177,399 people over 65 do not have driver's licenses. People of color often have trouble getting driver's licenses. You can speculate on the reasons and motivations for people to not have identification, but it is still true that many do not have them and these people are disenfranchised by these laws.
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/ETI/barriers/DriversLicense.pdf "
Krusty wrote on Apr 29, 2008 5:02 PM:
" What kind of meathead doesn't have an ID? The only reason democrats care so much about this issue is that lots of homeless, illegal aliens, and underage kids don't usually have identification, these people vote (when they do) for democrats "
random annoying bozo wrote on Apr 29, 2008 3:55 PM:
" it shouldn't be to hard at all getting some form of photo ID to people, since most have a drivers lecense with photo, it really isn't that large of an amount of people. but i don't understand why the Tribs 'editorial' board would insult "poor, elderly and minority" voters. you seem to have singled them out as your sole reason to be wary of ID's. is it your misguided logic that none of these 'types' of people would have a drivers license? if not, why did you specifically 'target' these 'types' of people for you very flimsy argument? maybe go easy on the stereotyping next time you people write an 'opinion'. "
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