Editorial: (Wisconsin Governor) Doyle says no to photo ID

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | August 6, 2003 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Editorial Board

[oprahstheantichrist]

"When Republicans call me for money I tell them no dice until you really try to get voter ID passed.

I haven't written a check in a while."

Awesome, that you're on it, and pathetic that you haven't written any checks. Here's another one for the low tech, no-brainer file: Death certificates are issued by the county, correct? A death cert. should not be completed and/or released to the estate until the precinct is notified and the deceased's voter registration is purged from the voter roles, and cerfification therof is returned to the county. It should be part of the death certificate procedure.

When my dad passed on, I remember the mortician telling us that he was required by law to notify Social Security. They should be no less accountable to the accurate polling stats.

[damncat]

In short, facts and logic don't make a case for photo ID. Granted, for most people, a photo ID requirement would be no hassle. But it would impede the voting rights of Wisconsin citizens who lack the proper cards - among them, as Doyle noted, 85,000 senior citizens.

Are these the same seniors who are deluged with absentee ballots in the hope they may vote democrat? Or the african activists who were recently charged with voter fraud? Doyle is no stranger to voter fraud, ask the retarded folks who were taped receiving treats for signing those absentee ballots. When democrats win an election, fraud plays a fundamental aspect of that victory.

[StACase]

Thanks for the detailed description of Illinois voting registration. Take a look at that famous county-by-county map of the US from the November 2000 elections. The Wisconsin Illinois border is clear. Northern Illinois counties went for Bush and Southern Wisconsin counties went for Gore. There isn't anything very different about those counties except the voting laws.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Massachusetts - No, but they cross your name off a paper list. It wouldn't be hard to peek and see if the person before or after you voted already. But I live in a small town and the poll worker might known the person who is presenting himself as "John Smith".

[StACase]

...they cross your name off a paper list. It wouldn't be hard to peek and see if the person before or after you voted already...

Same in Wisconsin, it's a system that all but encourages the cheater.

[JesseHousman]

Wisconsin Governor Doyle must be recalled.

Begin the petition process. Use California as a template.

[StACase]

Wisconsin Governor Doyle must be recalled.

Well, that's not going to happen.

[Dante3]

Even if a recall won't happen, the threat of it might make him a little more cautious about promoting voter fraud. The only objection to requiring a photo ID is to facilitate voter fraud.

[StACase]

The only threat he will respond to is a real one, and there isn't any way a real recall threat will ever come about.

[oprahstheantichrist]

"The Wisconsin Illinois border is clear. Northern Illinois counties went for Bush and Southern Wisconsin counties went for Gore. There isn't anything very different about those counties except the voting laws."

I'm pretty sure I've stared at that map a hundred times, but you're right, and I've never noticed that. Who's your loudest most influential conservative voice in WI? Is it Mark Belling? Please email this thread to whoever will listen, and shout it from the rooftops! Chances are, it's a duck, folks.

[StACase]

You might also notice on that map all the counties bordering on Mexico that went for Gore. How do you suppose that came about considering that illegals don't have the right to vote?