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Walker Makes It Harder to Obtain Voter ID, Shuts DMV Offices in Dem. Areas
by Mike Hall, Jul 26, 2011
http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/07/26/walker-makes-it-harder-to-obtain-voter-id-shuts-dmv-offices-in-dem-areas/


In May, Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed a Voter ID bill that could disenfranchise tens of thousands of students, seniors, poor and minority Wisconsin voters who don’t have drivers’ licenses or state-issued photo IDs.

Now it appears as if the Walker administration is going a step further to keep voters who aren’t likely to be Walker supporters (see list below) away from the polls. He’s closing 10 Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) offices where residents can obtain the photo IDs they will need before they are allowed to vote. Supposedly, the move is to free up DMV employees to staff offices that will have expanded hours to provide ID services.

But state Rep. Andy Jorgensen (D) says it appears the decisions were based on politics, with the department targeting offices for closure in Democratic areas and expanding hours for those in Republican districts. In an interview with The Associated Press, he asked:

What the heck is going on here? Is politics at play here?

He probably also doesn’t believe the claims by Walker and his Republican cohorts in the legislature that the new law is necessary to stop voter fraud.

And if so, Jorgensen is right. Voter fraud is virtually nonexistent in Wisconsin. As One Wisconsin Now reported, there were more UFO sightings (40) in Wisconsin in 2008 than reports of improper voting (14) out of the 3 million votes cast in the 2008 election.