Kieler election official on voter ID laws

For 30-year local election chairman Gus Runde, a Wisconsin voter-ID law caused as much conversation as any candidate in last week’s elections.

“Some people got pretty angry,” he said of the law, which required voters to show photo ID as well as state their name and address. “They’d say, ‘What the hell is wrong with you? You’ve known me for 70 years.’”

Although the vast majority of voters knew about the law, fellow 30-year volunteer John Richard recalled a similar scenario.

“Somebody might come up to you who was your neighbor all your life, and they look at you and, ‘Geez, you know who I am,’” Richard said.