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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary beat Bernie in Wisconsin with African-American voters by 48 points [View all]suffragette
(12,232 posts)41. The law also targets students.
I think any disenfranchisement is wrong and that no one should be denied the right to vote.
I agree that these malicious laws are targeted to exclude minorities. They also are intended to exclude the poor and college students.
That repression could have also played a role, but given students strong support for Sanders, that might have meant an even larger win for him.
From the same article you posted, in the very next paragraphs:
The law also targets students. Student IDs from most public and private universities and colleges are not accepted because they dont contain signatures or a two-year expiration date (compared to a ten-year expiration for drivers licenses). The standard student ID at only three of the University of Wisconsins 13 four-year schools and at seven of the states 23 private colleges can be used as a voter photo ID, according to Common Cause Wisconsin.
That means many schools, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, are issuing separate IDs for students to vote, an expensive and time-consuming process for students and administrators. Students who use the new IDs will also have to bring proof of enrollment from their schools, an extra burden of proof that only applies to younger voters.
Theyre trying to suppress the votes of students, says Analiese Eicher, program director at One Wisconsin Now and a graduate of UW-Madison. Theres no other reason.
That means many schools, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, are issuing separate IDs for students to vote, an expensive and time-consuming process for students and administrators. Students who use the new IDs will also have to bring proof of enrollment from their schools, an extra burden of proof that only applies to younger voters.
Theyre trying to suppress the votes of students, says Analiese Eicher, program director at One Wisconsin Now and a graduate of UW-Madison. Theres no other reason.
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Hillary beat Bernie in Wisconsin with African-American voters by 48 points [View all]
oberliner
Apr 2016
OP
"more diverse states coming up" -- Hillary supporters ever so quick to dismiss HI and AK
JonLeibowitz
Apr 2016
#1
He has done fairly well with Latinos -- not winning but recently tieing Clinton.
JonLeibowitz
Apr 2016
#12
California has virtually the same percentage of African Americans as does Wisconsin....
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#20
Oklahoma had a primary. It's less white than Illinois, Texas or the US as a whole.
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#11
Fortress Hillary is beginning to resemble Dunkirk - a defensive shell with no one behind the front.
Kip Humphrey
Apr 2016
#3
Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law Could Block 300,000 Registered Voters From the Polls
oberliner
Apr 2016
#14
Bernie will get over 95% of the African-American vote in the Presidential election.
imagine2015
Apr 2016
#43
Perhaps Scott Walker's voter suppression tactics worked to suppress the AA Bernie vote?
obamneycare
Apr 2016
#46