That’s just what is happening with voter ID. “We don’t want to be responsible for asking every single person” said Patrick Fernan, the DMV's operations manager, about those who might be eligible for a free ID. Well excuse us, the voter and taxpayer!!!
WSJ: A woman leaving with her photo ID card yelled to the 100 or so other people in the waiting area, "ID cards are free today. Don't let them tell you otherwise." Jennie Vasen, 43, of Madison, said she had called ahead and been told it would cost her $14 to renew her photo ID. That's all the money she brought. When she got to the counter, she was told $28, she said.
Disgusted, Vasen said she left without a card but stopped at a nearby free clothing center run by the Community Action Coalition and learned she was eligible to get the card for free. She marched back to the DMV Center and got the card for free. "I was quite irritated — they didn't even tell me anything about that," she said.
Guess what, the Republican legislature decided to save a few taxpayer dollars by not requiring the DMV to ask individuals if they might be eligible for a free ID card. Oops?
Leah Rueckert, the person in charge Friday at the center, said employees "have not been told to mention or not mention it." Asked about the issue, DMV manager Fernan said "we don't want to be responsible for asking every single person" whether the ID card is needed to vote. People must check a box on the application form to get the card for free.
Another words, we won’t help you. And you thought they were there to serve YOU?
As for the elderly and disabled experiencing a “little inconvenience” to get an ID? Have you ever waited in line at the DMV?
JoAnne Balthazor, 69, a retired postal clerk from Madison, was getting a state-issued photo identification card Friday at the DMV … Balthazor does not have a driver's license — a physical disability prevents her from driving — and so needed to find another way to prove her identity … waited an hour and 51 minutes to get to a window, was not pleased with the process or the law.
"This is what people are going to have to go through," she said. "I think a lot of people are just going to say the heck with it and leave."
Just a little inconvenience!!! These things happen when you recklessly rush something into law.
But let us not forget that in every major election in this state there are over 15000 illegal ballots in Milwaukee county alone.There is no reason why you should not have to show a pictured
ReplyDeleteID to cast a ballot.In Milwaukee the illegal ballots run about 85%
DEM.When John Kerry supposedly won this state their were over 15000 illegal ballots 647 were for Republicans the rest were all DEMS