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suffragette

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41. The law also targets students.
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 01:09 PM
Apr 2016

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 don’t contain signatures or a two-year expiration date (compared to a ten-year expiration for driver’s licenses). “The standard student ID at only three of the University of Wisconsin’s 13 four-year schools and at seven of the state’s 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.

“They’re trying to suppress the votes of students,” says Analiese Eicher, program director at One Wisconsin Now and a graduate of UW-Madison. “There’s no other reason.”

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"more diverse states coming up" -- Hillary supporters ever so quick to dismiss HI and AK JonLeibowitz Apr 2016 #1
caucus states. Primaries are a much different story. geek tragedy Apr 2016 #5
I don't disagree. But it isn't related to my point. JonLeibowitz Apr 2016 #6
Sanders's weakness has not been with all non-white voters. geek tragedy Apr 2016 #10
He has done fairly well with Latinos -- not winning but recently tieing Clinton. JonLeibowitz Apr 2016 #12
The key is: will they break as they did in Illinois geek tragedy Apr 2016 #26
California has virtually the same percentage of African Americans as does Wisconsin.... Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #20
yes, I knew that. nt geek tragedy Apr 2016 #24
The margin in Wisconsin among PoC was H +14 kristopher Apr 2016 #32
Oklahoma had a primary. It's less white than Illinois, Texas or the US as a whole. Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #11
Literally it was Obama's worst state in both 2008 and 2012 dsc Apr 2016 #31
That's an N of 1. mythology Apr 2016 #40
States with a higher population of African-Americans oberliner Apr 2016 #8
There is more diversity than AAs JonLeibowitz Apr 2016 #13
That's why I clarified what I meant oberliner Apr 2016 #16
Only 48?... HumanityExperiment Apr 2016 #2
Fortress Hillary is beginning to resemble Dunkirk - a defensive shell with no one behind the front. Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #3
Lose the battle, win the war. oasis Apr 2016 #28
A few months back it was, "He can only win in Vermont" AgingAmerican Apr 2016 #37
No matter. Math cancels all opinions. oasis Apr 2016 #42
David Brock. n/t bvf Apr 2016 #44
K & R Iliyah Apr 2016 #4
If that is true... GeorgiaPeanuts Apr 2016 #7
Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law Could Block 300,000 Registered Voters From the Polls oberliner Apr 2016 #14
The law also targets students. suffragette Apr 2016 #41
Those are good points oberliner Apr 2016 #47
Maybe first generation voters were hit the hardest? suffragette Apr 2016 #48
CNN exit poll says 38% margin for clinton among AAs. kristopher Apr 2016 #9
So the OP is WAY off the mark. Thanks riversedge Apr 2016 #15
Let's be charitable and say it's an arithmetic mistake. kristopher Apr 2016 #18
It's not a mistake oberliner Apr 2016 #22
CBS doesn't provide raw data, just snipped quotes. kristopher Apr 2016 #25
You have a sources, that doesn't mean "it" isn't a mistake. kristopher Apr 2016 #27
Wrong oberliner Apr 2016 #19
No, because CNN gives the entire set of results. kristopher Apr 2016 #33
Fair enough oberliner Apr 2016 #38
Thank you. kristopher Apr 2016 #45
CBS says 48% margin for Clinton among AAs oberliner Apr 2016 #17
And CNN says 38% among AAs with only 14% among all PoC. kristopher Apr 2016 #30
yep bigtree Apr 2016 #21
That's Brockbait!!! kristopher Apr 2016 #34
Clinton carried black voters by more than 2-1 bigtree Apr 2016 #35
So much for that poll that had him leading by 10% among black voters KingFlorez Apr 2016 #23
but but jcgoldie Apr 2016 #29
AA's are the least liberal of the D voting block thebeautifulstruggle Apr 2016 #36
Yes, Bernie generally does better with liberals and Hillary with moderates oberliner Apr 2016 #39
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
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