Republicans lied in Wisconson, Voter Id Law a Complete Sham,.. Salon :

[Stuart G]

http://www.salon.com/2016/03/30/republicans_lied_in_wisconsin_heres_how_you_know_the_states_voter_id_law_is_a_complete_sham/

Elias Isquith, March 30, 2016, 11:30pm

Wisconsin GOPers insisted the law wasn't intended to suppress the vote. A new report suggests that wasn't true

No rule in politics is absolute, but, generally speaking, you’d be well served to keep this one in mind: If a politician is not willing to spend money on something they say they support, then their support is about as real as Santa Claus.

Unless you view politics as nothing more than an entertaining pastime for overeducated squares who weren’t cute enough to make it in Hollywood — i.e., you actually look forward to “nerd prom,” God help you — then the point of the whole endeavor is to get big things done.


So when you read this report from Pro Publica’s Sarah Smith, what it should tell you, as if you didn’t know already, is that the legislature in Wisconsin couldn’t care less when it comes to improving its elections. Because that is not what its voter ID law is about:

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On April 5, when voters cast ballots in Wisconsin’s Republican and Democratic primaries, the state’s controversial voter ID bill will face its biggest test since Governor Scott Walker signed it into law in 2011. For the first time in a major election, citizens will be required to show approved forms of identification in order to vote.

The law mandates that the state run a public-service campaign “in conjunction with the first regularly scheduled primary and election” to educate voters on what forms of ID are acceptable.

But Wisconsin has failed to appropriate funds for the public education campaign.
The result is that thousands of citizens may be turned away from the polls simply because they did not understand what form of identification they needed to vote.

[Gothmog]

1. The GOP is the party of voter suppression and relies on voter suppression to win races

The Wisconsin voter id law is designed to suppress the vote

[Stuart G]

2. I agree completely. Supressing the vote is one of their major tactics.

has always been. ..Gore, Florida..2000
and.......until change takes place....always will be......

[riversedge]

3. We fought hard to smack this law. no dice.