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Monday, May 2, 2011

Student ID's now IN Voter ID bill.

It's a big time voter ID change, two actually, in the proposed bill speeding through the Republican legislature that's gets my big thumbs up, especially when you consider this whole exercise as a solution looking for a problem;

jsonline: Assembly Republicans have tweaked a bill requiring voters to show identification at the polls to allow some college IDs -- a move that could blunt some criticism of the bill. 
They have also decided to continue to allow people to vote absentee for any reason. 
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 2, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    Devil is the details... in that University ID card would require address plus other info similar to a WI drivers license...THAT NONE OF THE CURRENT UNIVERSITY ID CARDS HAVE. Therefore..this new chg would still disenfranchise 100% of the students.
    GOP trickery AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN
    So nothing new.
    Best Option is do nothing as current system is working just fine. GOP revised Bill is still a SOLUTION looking for a nonexistent problem!!

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  2. DemocurmudgeonMay 3, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    The current student card would have to include the address, true, but keep in mind that this is a done deal for however long it's going to take to overturn it with the next gutless Democratic majority. We can only make a bad situation better, that's all.

    The University's across the state can make the changes needed. Voter ID is going to happen, unless the Senate changes hands. We'll see.

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