[Diana in Wisconsin]

"Van Hollen is demanding that the GAB and local clerks cross-check voter names with driver's license records for every Wisconsinite who filed voter registration paperwork on or after Jan. 1, 2006. That includes all new voters and all those in the state who changed their address because of a move."

The horror! The horror!

The cheating 'Rats in this state are running scared.

Good.

[justrepublican]

Federal interference has not just made the electoral processes of Wisconsin more bureaucratic and inefficient -- the creation of the voter roll has been a nightmare and the work is still not complete -- it has made them less reflective of Wisconsin's democratic values and ideals.

Wouldn't this statement suggest Van Hollen is on the right track?

[doodad]

Rove, who has been repeatedly implicated in a drive by the Bush White House to get U.S. attorneys to take steps to make it harder for minority voters and new voters to cast ballots

I could not get past that.

[gieriscm]

Make the proof of ID requirements for casting a ballot the same as for buying a gun, and watch the liberals go up in flames.

[Wills_Dad]

hmmm ... you don’t suppose there might have been a FEDERAL law that went into effect “on or after Jan. 1, 2006”? Could that be the reason for choosing that date?

Is it possible that perhaps the GAB and local clerks were in violation of that law since that time?

Naw - never happened - couldn’t happen - not in a nice state like Wisconsin!

[rawcatslyentist]

Accurate voter rolls = RACISM

[SuziQ]

Rove, who has been repeatedly implicated in a drive by the Bush White House to get U.S. attorneys to take steps to make it harder for minority voters and new voters to cast ballots,

It will only be harder for them if they can't prove they're American citizens. If they're poor, and don't have a Driver's License, they can get a free ID card from the State, IF they can prove they're citizens. Either way, the Republicans are looking to reduce voter fraud, which, despite the libs cries to the contrary, IS a problem, especially in large urban areas.

[wita]

Does this smell like a scheme to disenfranchise new voters,

Only if you don’t give a damn about voter fraud, are a democrat the believes this country is a democracy, are just afraid of a Republican victory in Nov. or maybe all three.