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April 14, 2005
Wisconsin Governor To Veto ID Requirement
One of the most obvious ways to prevent voter fraud is to require that people who want to vote prove who they are and that they are eligible to vote in the precinct they are trying to vote in. This is especially true in cases of same day registration. The easiest way for voters to prove that they are who they claim to be is to require voters to have a government issued photo ID like a drivers license or state ID card. Pretty much everyone has one already and those that do not have them can easily get them. State governments could even get rid of the fees for state ID cards to help out poor people.
In recent presidential elections in Wisconsin the same day registration rate has been over 30%. This creates ample opportunity for fraud. The legislature has passed a bill that would require voters to have this sort of identification. The Democratic governor Jim Doyle has promised to veto this bill.
After the ongoing debacle in Milwaukee's past election in November, when for the second straight presidential cycle more than 30% of the voters registered at the polls and instigated a federal investigation into fraud, one would assume that adding a requirement for photo identification would be seen as a reasonable response. The only one who appears to reject that notion in Wisconsin is the Democratic governor, Jim Doyle, who threatened to veto the bill passed by the legislature today
This is probably the most important and simplest of all my voting reforms, but Doyle seems to be fine with massive voter fraud.
Posted by Pete at April 14, 2005 04:00 PM
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