Wisconsin Republicans: “Sure. Get voter ID info out. You need money for ads? WHAT?!”
http://www.bluecheddar.net/?p=41445
The heads of the Legislature’s budget committee told the state elections agency late Friday to go ahead with a public information campaign to tell voters they need a photo ID, such as a driver’s license, to vote on Nov. 4. But they also canceled Tuesday’s meeting where the committee was to consider the Government Accountability Board’s request for the release of $460,800 to fund the public service announcements. GAB spokesman Reid Magney said Friday the agency will discuss on Monday whether it can move forward with the campaign without committee action.”
Go to the original article –
HERE – to get more info. including Scott Fitzgerald’s quote about how some Republicans think “that’s a lot of money to spend on trying to inform people” given that the voter ID has been in the press a lot (and nevermind that some newspaper and TV coverage really don’t substitute for a professional public information campaign and nevermind that
the original bill assumed that not only money but EIGHT MONTHS of time was needed for a focused informational campaign).
And since 1 in 5 “likely” and registered Wisconsin voters has no clue about this voter ID stuff (as measured by that recent Marquette U. poll) here’s some VOTER ID INFO:
For college students (from Common Cause)
For everybody (from League of Women Voters/ACLU)
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