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| Student voters cast their ballots in the Wisconsin presidential primary at Memorial Union's Tripp Commons at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 02/19/08. (photo: Bryce Richter) |
05 June 12
oter
ID will not be in effect for today's recall vote in Wisconsin, but that
won't stop last year's anti-voter bill from disenfranchising thousands
of students across the state.
A year ago, Wisconsin Republicans pushed through Assembly Bill 7, which enacted one of the worst forms of voter ID in the nation. Since then, two state judges have blocked
voter ID from taking effect because the Wisconsin state Constitution
guarantees that "every United States citizen age 18 or older who is a
resident of an election district in this state is a qualified elector of
that district," regardless of whether or not they have an ID.
However, a little-noticed provision in AB 7 will
likely prevent thousands of college students from voting in today's
recall election. READ MORE
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