{"id":19005,"date":"2013-05-30T16:35:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T20:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=19005"},"modified":"2013-05-30T16:35:35","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T20:35:35","slug":"a-move-toward-honest-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=19005","title":{"rendered":"A Move Toward Honest Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News<\/a> is reporting today that a Wisconsin<\/a> appeals court has upheld a law requiring voters to show a photo ID<\/a> when voting.<\/p>\n

However, as the article reports, we are not out of the woods yet:<\/p>\n

Republican lawmakers passed voter photo ID requirements two years ago, saying the move was needed to combat election fraud. The league wasn’t the only group that challenged the law. The immigrant rights group Voces de la Frontera and the Milwaukee branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People<\/a> also filed a lawsuit in Dane County<\/a> Circuit Court, winning a permanent injunction blocking it. That injunction still stands, although the state Justice Department has asked the 2nd District Court of Appeals to review the case.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The American Civil Liberties Union<\/a> and the League of United Latin American Citizens<\/a> have filed separate lawsuits challenging the law in federal court. Those suits are still pending.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article further reports:<\/p>\n

One of the chief authors of the voter ID law<\/a>, Rep. Jeff Stone<\/a>, R-Greendale, began circulating a new bill last week that would let poor people opt out. That bill is aimed at allaying concerns that requirements in the original bill are too burdensome.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The law requires voters to show either a state-issued ID card<\/a>, valid driver’s license, U.S. passport, a student ID that expires within two years or a military ID.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am not impressed by the claim that obtaining a photo ID would be burdensome for some people. You need photo ID for a lot of things today, and a state program to provide photo ID’s for residents would actually help the residents. You can’t buy cigarettes or alcoholic beverages without an ID, you can’t get a book from the library without an ID, you can’t board a plane without an ID, and if you drive, your license is your ID. Having a photo ID is not a bad thing.<\/p>\n

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