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I need numbers to explain why voter suppression is a first point of order for Wisconsin republicans. Any help would be appreciated.
questionseverything
(9,655 posts)Last week we told you how Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker considers implementing a polling place Photo ID restriction in his state to be so "pressing" that he would call a special session of the state legislature to do it. He says it's the only such matter "pressing" enough to merit such extraordinary action this year, in advance of the November 2014 election --- when Walker himself, just coincidentally, faces a very tight re-election race.
That, despite the fact that two state courts have already found the Republicans' existing polling place Photo ID voter restriction law to be a violation of the state constitution and that expert testimony during one of the two trials detailed how there is only one single known case of voter impersonation fraud in WI over the past 10 years that might have possibly been deterred by such a law. At the same time, tens of thousands of perfectly legal voters will likely be barred from voting under such a law.The state Supreme Court is currently deciding on the state's appeal to the lower courts' rulings.
Republicans pretend that implementing such a law is not about voter suppression, but now at least one of them, to his great credit, strongly and loudly disagrees.
This week, Republican state Sen. Dale Schultz accused his own party of "trying to suppress the vote" and said that he is "not willing to defend them anymore. I'm just not and I'm embarrassed by this."
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10547
questionseverything
(9,655 posts)at least after Kathy Nichols finds 14,000 additional votes
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8507
so dems need huge numbers
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)On election day that year my psych professor at the beginning of class said, "As I'm sure you all know, today is election day. I certainly hope that all of you are registered and will be voting today. However, you should all be aware that a low voter turnout favors Republicans, so if you're a Republican, don't vote."
I almost fell out of my seat laughing. No one else in the class got it.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)And Pennsylvania. He reasoned he owns homes in both states so he is entitled to vote in both places. It is all about suppressing those voting Democrat. When Florida purged their registration if a person did not have a vehicle in their name they was sent a letter informing them they was being removed. Also if you have a common name and some in the state passes away then they want to remove those with the name. This "True the Vote" is nothing but a,scam and a DONATE button on her website. She declares thousands of voter fraud in different states. She should be exposed for what she is.