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I wish you had challenged the governor a little more on his response to your inquiry about voter I.D. Here's that portion of your article:Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, who opposes a photo ID requirement, said Tuesday he believes most of the issues raised could be traced back to processing problems, not fraud.That really isn't a full answer. According to the City of Milwaukee website (below), there is no requirement to show I.D. for those who register every day of the year, other than election day."I think we have a pretty good system," Doyle said. "If you register at the polls, you have to show appropriate identification to show that you are who you claim to be and that you reside at that location."
Interestingly, here are the requirements to get a library card at the Milwaukee Public Library (link below):
Adults must provide two forms of identification showing name and current address within Milwaukee County. (Acceptable forms of identification are a driver's license, a current utility bill, or mail postmarked within the last 30 days.)The next time you call the governor for comment, would you please press him to be more specific about system-wide voter I.D. Perhaps he sees gettting a library card as a hardship? The legislature should require that I.D. be shown at registration and at voting time. If the governor is going to oppose it , then let him do so honestly and openly rather than with "artful" statements.XXXXXX
Milwaukee Elections Office: http://www.milwaukee.gov/display/router.asp?docid=854
Milwaukee Public Library:
http://www.mpl.org/File/libcard_about.htm#how
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I don't even live in Wisconsin and this is really pi**ing me off.
IDs and registrations actually are worse than what you portray them as. At the polls, all you need is someone to swear to the lie (that's right, you don't even need to forge a cable bill, as long as you know someone who is already "in the system"). Outside of election day, while there is a requirement to show an ID sometime between registration and election day (those that don't do so at the time of registration are "required" to do so before getting their first ballot), various city clerks were busy deputizing DemonRAT-linked GOTV groups and thus allowing them to say that the appropriate ID was "produced".