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Related: About this forumPropublica: Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law Requires an Education Campaign, Which the State Hasn’t Funded
https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-voter-id-law-education-campaign-state-hasnt-funded?google_editors_picks=truesnip
On April 5, when voters cast ballots in Wisconsins Republican and Democratic primaries, the states 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.
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Propublica: Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law Requires an Education Campaign, Which the State Hasn’t Funded (Original Post)
LiberalElite
Mar 2016
OP
Is anyone doing this (helping people get IDs) in any systematic way?? Been trying
Kashkakat v.2.0
Mar 2016
#7
elleng
(130,895 posts)1. Surprised?
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)2. Not me. This country
is morphing into a banana republic before our eyes.
elleng
(130,895 posts)3. Yes it is,
and the rest of the world is noticing.
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)4. this is voter suppression. nt
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)5. Yup. nt
Gothmog
(145,225 posts)6. Walker's voter id law is a voter suppression law
Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)7. Is anyone doing this (helping people get IDs) in any systematic way?? Been trying
to find out thinking that's where I want to put my efforts - but not finding anything.
Someone somewhere did say that could happen after we have a nominee but that's kinda too late folks.... It can take weeks to get your ID in the mail. And Im sure if theres a sudden last minute surge of IDs to process - ya really think they're going to bust their butts to get them processed in time for Nov election???
So what are we gonna do - just let ourselves be suppressed?