Damning Revelations In Wisconsin’s Voter ID Trial

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A federal court is currently weighing a case that could impact the right to vote for thousands of people in a crucial swing state in this November’s presidential election.

A two-week trial examining the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s strict voter ID law wrapped up this week, and a federal judge will issue a ruling by the end of July. The plaintiffs, a group of voters who have been personally impacted and the advocacy groups One Wisconsin Now and Citizen Action, are also challenging restrictions on early voting and the elimination of straight-ticket voting that Wisconsin Republicans have implemented over the past few years.

Throughout the trial, former and current state officials, election law experts and individual voters offered damning testimony about both the purpose and impact of the laws, which they argue suppress the votes of people of color, students, the elderly, and the poor. Here are the four most damning pieces of evidence unveiled in court over the two-week trial.

Republican lawmakers were “giddy” about voter suppression.

Officials from majority-white suburbs believe inner city voters have “too much access” to the polls.

Non-white voters are far more likely than white voters to request a free ID, and far more likely to be denied.

The state considers people who died waiting for a free voter ID examples of “customer-initiated cancellation.”

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/05/27/3781401/wisconsin-voter-id-trial/

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Everybody knows you cannot function in today's society without ID!

If you don't have ID you have far more pressing  matters than voting!