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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWisconsin Is Systematically Failing to Provide the Photo IDs Required to Vote in November
Source: The Nation
Madison, WI Zack Moore, a 34-year-old African-American man, moved from Chicago to Madison last year. He worked at a car wash and then a landscaping job before breaking his leg and becoming unemployed. After staying with his brother, hes now homeless and sleeping on the streets of Madison.
On September 22, he went to the DMV to get a photo ID for voting, as required by Wisconsins strict voter-ID law. He brought his Illinois photo ID, Social Security card, and a pay stub for proof of residence. But he didnt have a copy of his birth certificate, which had been misplaced by his sister in Illinois, so the DMV wouldnt give him an ID for voting. Im trying to get a Wisconsin ID so I can vote, Moore told the DMV. I dont have my birth certificate, but I got everything else.
Under Wisconsin law, the DMV shouldve given Moore a credential he could use for voting within six business days. But that never happened. They told him to drive down there [to Illinois] and get [a birth certificate] and come back. That would cost Moore money he didnt have. If he entered what the state calls the ID Petition Process (IDPP), it would take six to eight weeks for him to get a voter ID and he most likely wouldnt be able to vote by Election Day.
Im disappointed in the government, Moore said after leaving the DMV. I guess theyre trying to keep people from voting.
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(Claudell Boyd, a 62-year-old African-American man) His parents were born in Mississippi, at a time when most African-Americans in the state couldnt vote. Now history is repeating itself up north. It looks like Wisconsin is making it harder for people like me to vote, he said.
On September 22, he went to the DMV to get a photo ID for voting, as required by Wisconsins strict voter-ID law. He brought his Illinois photo ID, Social Security card, and a pay stub for proof of residence. But he didnt have a copy of his birth certificate, which had been misplaced by his sister in Illinois, so the DMV wouldnt give him an ID for voting. Im trying to get a Wisconsin ID so I can vote, Moore told the DMV. I dont have my birth certificate, but I got everything else.
Under Wisconsin law, the DMV shouldve given Moore a credential he could use for voting within six business days. But that never happened. They told him to drive down there [to Illinois] and get [a birth certificate] and come back. That would cost Moore money he didnt have. If he entered what the state calls the ID Petition Process (IDPP), it would take six to eight weeks for him to get a voter ID and he most likely wouldnt be able to vote by Election Day.
Im disappointed in the government, Moore said after leaving the DMV. I guess theyre trying to keep people from voting.
<snip>
(Claudell Boyd, a 62-year-old African-American man) His parents were born in Mississippi, at a time when most African-Americans in the state couldnt vote. Now history is repeating itself up north. It looks like Wisconsin is making it harder for people like me to vote, he said.
Read more: https://www.thenation.com/article/wisconsin-is-systematically-failing-to-provide-the-photo-ids-required-to-vote-in-november/
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Wisconsin Is Systematically Failing to Provide the Photo IDs Required to Vote in November (Original Post)
demmiblue
Sep 2016
OP
Surprise, surprise, ....... all part of the racist Republican war on liberal voters.
Coyotl
Sep 2016
#1
PUT THEM IN JAIL !!! Fuck that, if this was aimed at rural areas dems would be in jail !!!
uponit7771
Sep 2016
#4
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)1. Surprise, surprise, ....... all part of the racist Republican war on liberal voters.
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit struck down an affidavit that voters could sign in lieu of showing strict ID because Wisconsin claimed everyone would get a voter ID who needed one. But thats not happening. As were seeing on the ground, people are going to be disenfranchised, Young says.
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)2. Bastards. Isn't there anything that can be done?
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)3. It's Wisconsin
I live here, this is the way Walker has made it for 6 years now.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)4. PUT THEM IN JAIL !!! Fuck that, if this was aimed at rural areas dems would be in jail !!!