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babylonsister

(171,092 posts) Wed Feb 17, 2016, 07:28 PM Feb 2016

Students And Veterans Turned Away From The Polls Under Wisconsin’s New Voter ID Law

Students And Veterans Turned Away From The Polls Under Wisconsin’s New Voter ID Law

by Alice Ollstein Feb 17, 2016 4:51 pm

Wisconsin’s local primary election put the state’s new voter ID law to the test Tuesday, causing problems that left officials seriously concerned about how voters will be impacted this November.

The election decided several mayoral contests and helped conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley clear a key hurdle to maintaining her seat on the state’s powerful Supreme Court.

The law will be in place again for the presidential primary on April 5, which is likely to see greater voter turnout. But even in Tuesday’s local election, issues with ID arose.

Though the law’s implementation was mostly smooth, some students and veterans were unable to cast regular ballots, because the state doesn’t recognize a federal veterans’ benefits card or a state university ID for voting purposes.

After few overall complaints came in, Gov. Scott Walker (R) tweeted that all was well in the Badger State.

Yet local media reported that turnout was extremely low — in the single digits in some counties.

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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/02/17/3750519/wisconsin-voter-id-primary/

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Students And Veterans Turned Away From The Polls Under Wisconsin’s New Voter ID Law (Original Post) babylonsister Feb 2016 OP

voters need mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #1

right but in the mean time they need to gather the shit they need in order to vote in the general saturnsring Feb 2016 #2

that too thanks ;) mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #3

Why does a Vet need anything other babylonsister Feb 2016 #4

A vet won't have a military ID unless he or she is retired pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #7

Thanks for the clarification. babylonsister Feb 2016 #8

because that's what their people elected saturnsring Feb 2016 #9

i had a small line, but under 400 in my ward had voted around 5pm. but it was snowy. SNOW IN WI!! pansypoo53219 Feb 2016 #5

I challenged the poll worker when she wanted me to hand her my DL HereSince1628 Feb 2016 #6

i asked the poll worker if the flags at 1/2 staff was for that scalia guy or the death of voter dembotoz Feb 2016 #10

Yep all is well as long as republicans are winning. mountain grammy Feb 2016 #11

mgmaggiemg

(869 posts)

1. voters need

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Feb 17, 2016, 07:30 PM

Feb 2016

to contact their SOS

saturnsring

(1,832 posts)

2. right but in the mean time they need to gather the shit they need in order to vote in the general

Reply to mgmaggiemg (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 17, 2016, 07:33 PM

Feb 2016

mgmaggiemg

(869 posts)

3. that too thanks ;)

Reply to saturnsring (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 17, 2016, 07:35 PM

Feb 2016

babylonsister

(171,092 posts)

4. Why does a Vet need anything other

Reply to saturnsring (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 17, 2016, 08:21 PM

Feb 2016

than a military ID? Likewise students? WI is putting up roadblocks to voting instead of helping people who want to vote.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

7. A vet won't have a military ID unless he or she is retired

Reply to babylonsister (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 17, 2016, 08:34 PM

Feb 2016

Vets enrolled in VA health care will have a VA ID card, and apparently that's being rejected even though it's a federal government-issued photo ID..

babylonsister

(171,092 posts)

8. Thanks for the clarification.

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #7)

Wed Feb 17, 2016, 09:19 PM

Feb 2016

So the gov't-issued card isn't sufficient? How strangely ironic. Should be illegal. imo.

saturnsring

(1,832 posts)

9. because that's what their people elected

Reply to babylonsister (Reply #4)

Thu Feb 18, 2016, 11:21 AM

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pansypoo53219

(20,997 posts)

5. i had a small line, but under 400 in my ward had voted around 5pm. but it was snowy. SNOW IN WI!!

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Feb 17, 2016, 08:27 PM

Feb 2016

ELEVENS!!!

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

6. I challenged the poll worker when she wanted me to hand her my DL

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Feb 17, 2016, 08:33 PM

Feb 2016

The woman in front of me had trouble extracting her license from her billfold and they let her hold the billfold and show it through the plastic window.

When the poll worker asked me to hand her my drivers license I emphatically said, NO! You can look at it while I hold it, the law doesn't appear to require I surrender it.

Two other workers at the table said that was right.

I went home wondering how the hell would a poll worker recognize a fake DL through the plastic window in a woman's wallet, or held in my hand from several feet away.

It's a law written by slow-witted paranoids who want to suppress the vote. It has to be resisted

dembotoz

(16,835 posts)

10. i asked the poll worker if the flags at 1/2 staff was for that scalia guy or the death of voter

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Feb 18, 2016, 12:08 PM

Feb 2016

rights.

they both snickered

i also clicked my heels and said
you vant to zee my papers????
with my best fake german accent

they snickered again

mountain grammy

(26,655 posts)

11. Yep all is well as long as republicans are winning.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Feb 18, 2016, 12:10 PM

Feb 2016

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