Wisconsin GOP proposes asinine college ID rules for voting

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Source: Wisconsin State Journal

Students trying to vote in Wisconsin elections may be able to use college ID cards under changes to a bill requiring voters to show identification at the polls proposed by Republicans.

... Earlier drafts of the legislation barred student ID cards from being used at the polls. But the latest version, which will go to a vote before an Assembly committee Tuesday morning, would allow a voter to use an identification card from accredited public or private university or college if it included a photo, date of birth, current address, an expiration date no more than four years away, and a signature.

... Colleges and universities throughout the state would have to spend a lot of money updating student IDs to include the additional information, said Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison. Schools would incur additional costs if they need to produce new identification cards each time a student moved, she said.

The GOP proposal also raises privacy concerns, Roys said, noting that the UW-Madison student ID is also used as a key card for the dormitories. Anyone who found a lost card could have not only the student's address but access to the residence hall where he or she lives.

Read more: http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_78607e9a-7516-11e0-852c-001cc4c002e0.html

[yourout]

1. How else are the Republicans going to stay in power? Now that the obvious truth about what they.....

want is out how else are they going to get re-elected without rigging the game.

[jp11]

2. Yup and you'll note that the democratic party is absent about these attacks

on voter registration and unions that all threaten the future of the democratic party, no self interest in them, I wonder why?