Wisconsin citizens want the country’s voter ID laws enshrined in the Badger State law.  ,
No long after the polls closed, Decision Desk HQ projected the election issue may win big. With 86 percent of the vote count counted, yes vote were leading 62.8 percentage to 37.2 percentage, according to the New York Times.  ,
The statistics tracked along polling ranges. A new Marquette University Law School surveys found 77 percentage of Wisconsin voters surveyed said they support a photo ID need to voting, with only 22 percent opposed. Help over the past few years — through a few polls — has been great, with the lowest degree of acceptance for picture ID at 58 percent in October 2014.  ,
The poll question asked whether the state law does “require that voters provide valid picture identifying verifying their identity in order to vote in any vote, subject to exclusions which may be established by law” ? ,
With approval, the Wisconsin constitution will now bar voters from casting a ballot in any election unless they present a photo ID verifying identity. The ID also must be issued by the ,” state, the federal government, a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state, or a college or university in this state”.
Leftist groups fought to stop the election integrity protection from being put in the state constitution. They insist voter ID , disenfranchises voters. Spoiler alert: It doesn’t. The law includes a process for those without proper IDs to obtain them through the Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles. Since 2011, the DMV has issued some 1.5 million free ID cards for voting, Wisconsin Public Radio reported.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 36 states have” some form” of voter ID law on the books. Only a handful have enshrined the election security measure in their constitutions. Voters in Arkansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, and North Carolina have constitutional amendments on voter ID, according to the University of Wisconsin Law School’s State Democracy Research Initiative. Nevada voters adopted an amendment in November but must approve the measure one more time in next year’s midterm elections for it to be added to the state constitution.  ,
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature passed the amendment resolution in two consecutive sessions, as required by law, to move the question to voters.  ,
” Why would you not have someone produce identification to show they’re eligible to vote unless you want to cheat”? state Sen. Van Wanggaard, a Racine Republican who was the lead sponsor of the constitutional amendment in the legislature, said this week in an interview with The Federalist.  ,
The referendum’s passage was a big win on a sour night for Wisconsin conservatives— and Republicans nationwide. Conservative Judge Brad Schimel lost to far-left Judge Susan Crawford in the pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court race, according to projections. Liberals are now set to control the court — and have the final say on Wisconsin policy — for the next several years.
Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.
