Students & Veterans Turned Away From The Polls Under Wisconsin’s New Voter ID Law
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Students & Veterans Turned Away From The Polls Under Wisconsins New Voter ID Law
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Students And Veterans Turned Away From The Polls Under Wisconsins New Voter ID Law
by Alice Ollstein Feb 17, 2016 4:51 pm
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Wisconsins local primary election put the states new voter ID law to the test Tuesday, causing problems that left officials seriously concerned about how voters will be impacted this November.
The election decided several mayoral contests and helped conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley clear a key hurdle to maintaining her seat on the states powerful Supreme Court.
The law will be in place again for the presidential primary on April 5, which is likely to see greater voter turnout. But even in Tuesdays local election, issues with ID arose.
Though the laws implementation was mostly smooth, some students and veterans were unable to cast regular ballots, because the state doesnt recognize a federal veterans benefits card or a state university ID for voting purposes.
After few overall complaints came in, Gov. Scott Walker (R) tweeted that all was well in the Badger State.
Yet local media reported that turnout was extremely low in the single digits in some counties.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, whose county includes the University of Wisconsins tens of thousands of students, strongly disagreed with Governor Walker that all is well with the new ID law. ............................