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Judi Lynn

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Tue May 9, 2017, 05:49 PM May 2017

In Wisconsin, ID law proved insurmountable for many voters

Source: Associated Press


Christina A. Cassidy and Ivan Moreno, Associated Press Updated 4:02 pm, Tuesday, May 9, 2017


MILWAUKEE (AP) — State Sen. Mary Lazich was adamant: The bill Republicans were about to push through the Wisconsin state Senate, requiring that voters present identification at the polls, would do no harm.

"Not a single voter in this state will be disenfranchised by the ID law," Lazich promised.

Five years later, in the first presidential election held under the new law, Gladys Harris proved her wrong.

By one estimate, 300,000 eligible voters in the state lacked valid photo IDs heading into the election; it is unknown how many people did not vote because they didn't have proper identification. But it is not hard to find the dying woman whose license had expired or the recent graduate whose student ID was deficient — or Harris, who at 66 made her way to her polling place despite chronic lung disease and a torn ligament in her knee.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/In-Wisconsin-ID-law-proved-insurmountable-for-11133304.php

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In Wisconsin, ID law proved insurmountable for many voters (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2017 OP
In other words, it worked as intended. tenorly May 2017 #1
Mission Accomplished deurbano May 2017 #2

tenorly

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1. In other words, it worked as intended.
Tue May 9, 2017, 05:51 PM
May 2017

We normally impose sanctions on foreign countries that pull chicanery like this.

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