Walker’s Voter ID law makes sure not to allow veterans to be able to vote with their ID

[midnight]

It’s well known that Walker and the Fitzwalkerstan Cult based their extremist anti-American delusions to make the toughest voter ID law in the United States based on the myth of voter fraud. The legislation was purely produced to disenfranchise voters such as students, the poor, the disabled, the elderly and others that fit the metrics of Democratic voters. It’s Party over Country for this despicable crowd.

It turns out that the voter ID law was so carelessly written that veterans who served this country and put their lives on the line for democracy get rejected when they want to use their veterans identification to do the most basic of American rights, the ability to vote.

This event happened during the February 21 election. Based on how careless Walker and his rubberstampers are, nothing will change as the national election comes in the fall. By Walker thinking that a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs photo ID is not good enough to allow someone to vote, he is implying that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is not good enough to be able to issue valid identification. It’s that simple.

A local man wasn’t allowed to use his veteran’s card to vote in Tuesday’s primary and he’s pretty steamed about it.http://scottwalkerwatch.com/2012/02/22/walkers-voter-id-law-makes-sure-not-to-allow-veterans-to-be-able-to-vote-with-their-id/

[peace frog]

1. The law was "written carelessly"?

I think it was written to deliberately disenfranchise veterans, just as they have done with so many other types of voters. Anything to prevent potential votes for Democrats.

[midnight]

9. I'm sure it was deliberately written to disenfranchise those who's voice over needed well deserved

services are being eliminated...

[gateley]

2. This should get wide and loud national coverage -- Walker hates veterans??? Wow. He's more

vile than I thought.

[hue]

6. Whelp! No one can imagine how vile he is!! n/t

[a kennedy]

3. Mount Pleasant man refuses to vote after finding veteran’s ID no good at polls Read more:

MOUNT PLEASANT — A local man wasn’t allowed to use his veteran’s card to vote in Tuesday’s primary and he’s pretty steamed about it.

Gil Paar, 69, of Mount Pleasant, said he went to his polling place, Peace Lutheran Church, and when asked by poll workers to provide the ID, he handed over his U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs card. The poll workers said the ID, which includes Paar’s photo, wasn’t considered an acceptable form of identification under the state’s new voter ID law, Paar says. They asked him if he had a driver’s license he could offer. He did, he said. But he refused to show it and didn’t vote.

“Basically I was trying to make a point,” Paar said. “I gave them four years of my life, why shouldn’t I be able to use my vet’s card?”

Paar said he was shocked to learn that the card, which he uses to receive his VA benefits, isn’t an acceptable form of ID under the law, noting that VA cards are the only form of identification some veterans have. He has already reached out to the VA about the problem as well as to the offices of Sen. Herb Kohl and state Rep. Robert Turner, D-Racine, he said.

Signed into law last May, the voter ID law requires voters to present a driver’s license, state ID, passport, military ID, naturalization papers or tribal ID in order to vote. A photo ID from a college or university can be used but it must have an issuance date, an expiration date, and a signature. In order to use the ID to vote, a student must also provide a document proving current enrollment.


Read more: http://www.journaltimes.com/article_03e78de0-5cf8-11e1-a5e2-001871e3ce6c.html#ixzz1n8OB7FtS

[lsewpershad]

4. My god

how sick can these repukes get???

[dragonlady]

5. Last summer during the recall

I saw a veteran offer his VA card during the "practice round" when the ID was just requested, not required. At that time the poll workers weren't completely familiar with the law, and, as rational and nice people, assumed a military photo ID would obviously include the VA. So they told him that would count. I wonder if he tried to vote with it yesterday. This law is nuts.

[HereSince1628]

7. Residence info on the ID is a key issue for the R's

It wasn't an outcome of carelessly written law. It was mostly intended to reduce voting by young voters who tend to vote as progressives. Not surprisingly districts with universities are often democratic. Since kids attending college often carry drivers' licenses with their parents address the effort was to get them to vote back at that address and to not create democratic enclaves around universities.

The rest of the voters in Wisconsin, including vets who have a VA id (which doesn't have residence data) just get whacked as collateral damage. Everyone who doesn't drive hasn't previously had a need for an ID that included both name, residence, and issuing/expiration data.

[Sabien]

12. If that's true, then why

are tribal ids or passports acceptable? Those don't have addresses on them.

I don't think that the photo ids are necessary to prove where you live, but that your photo matches what you look like.

There is reason for the created confusion, to keep people away from the polling place.

The only way to beat the "speech" of the rich in the form of unlimited and secret campaign donations is by the vote of our citizens, and this is designed to reduce the number of votes cast plain and simple.

[mailman82]

8. I tried to use mine,

in Ohio they would not accept it. I asked why and they could not give me an answer. I asked for a supervisor, she said it was not an accepted form of identification. I called Sen Browns office they said they would look into it!

[midnight]

10. I would love to hear the explanation.... Please follow up with this....thanks.

[mailman82]

11. Will do!