"Wisconsin State Senate Pushes Voting Law Overhaul"

[applegrove]

Wisconsin State Senate Pushes Voting Law Overhaul

The Huffington Post | By Ashley Alman

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/08/wisconsin-senate-voting-law_n_3728992.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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State Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) is leading the push, introducing a bill that loosens donation disclosure rules, and two others that will make early voting more challenging.

The first of the two early voting restrictions will introduce new limits to voting procedures in the state, which ranked second nationally for voter turnout last year. Voters will only be allowed to cast early voting ballots during regular business hours. The legislation will also set a maximum number of hours local election officials can serve and eliminate weekends from the current schedule.

Another measure will hit older voters living in residential facilities. Their aides will be required to post a notice online, 72 hours in advance, before assisting with voting. And the financial contribution bill will only require donors to document contributions of $500 or more, while the current minimum donation requiring documentation stands at $100. Grothman proposed a similar contribution measure last year.

Grothman has defended the measure as a way to protect against union boycotts of businesses who have many employees contributing to the same political campaigns.


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[hollysmom]

1. it is a race to the most corrupt forget the bottom

[applegrove]

2. Hopefully it will galvanize Democrats to get out there and vote like it did in 2012.

[hollysmom]

3. Idon't know, I can't figure out how to motivate people anymore.

My sister is in NC and she said when she was working outside the polls, people came to vote for Obama but didn't want to b other voting for anyone else in any office. I swear I am thinking fewer and fewer people have brains.