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DoomsdaysCW

#Wisconsin: What to know about April's #VoterID ballot referendum

By: Emilee Fannon, Mar 27, 2025

MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) -- "Voters will not only have to present a #PhotoID to vote on April 1, but they'll also be asked about adding that requirement to the state constitution.

"It's part of a constitutional amendment that will appear on ballots across the state.

"The ballot referendum asks voters, 'shall section 1m of article III of the constitution be created to require that voters present valid photographic identification verifying their identity in order to vote in any election, subject to exceptions which may be established by law?'

"A 'yes' vote would enshrine Wisconsin's voter requirement in the state constitution, a move that would make it harder for a court to strike down the law or for lawmakers to repeal.

"Voting 'no' would not add the state's voter ID law to the constitution.

"If the ballot measure is approved or rejected, little would change for Wisconsin voters because the existing photo ID law has been on the books for nearly a decade, said Bryna Godar at the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

"However, #Republican lawmakers who authored the amendment say it's designed to protect the law from legal challenges in wake of the state Supreme Court gaining a 4-3 #LiberalMajority in 2023."

Read more:
cbs58.com/news/what-to-know-ab
#WisconsinPol #USPol #TrumpIsPutinsPuppet #Fascism #Authoritarianism
Are #LiteracyTests Next? #VoterDisenfranchisement #CharacteristicsOfFascism

CBS58What to know about April's voter ID ballot referendumMADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Voters will not only have to present a photo ID to vote on April 1, but they'll also be asked about adding that requirement to the state constitution.It's part of a constitutional
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Richard Ashwell

The government's voter ID scheme risks the very principle of free and fair elections. One voter turned away is one too many.

Over 2 million people lack #photoID in the UK, and these undemocratic plans risk blocking them from the ballot box.

According to the Electoral Commission, 16,000 voters were turned away at the last general election. One voter being turned away from a single #polling station is one too many.

Nobody should be turned away because their driving licence is still in their maiden name, or a poll worker thinks they don't look like an old passport photo.

With no right to appeal, the UK now has a more restrictive ID regime than many US states.

Add your name to tell the government that this scheme needs to be scrapped

action.electoral-reform.org.uk

action.electoral-reform.org.ukAdd your name: We need to scrap the Voter ID rulesIt only takes 30 seconds.
#VoterID#Election#Election2024
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Philip C James

'The Nastiz (the new UK Conservative Party) would never ape US Republican voter suppression tactics.'

Are you sure? Through Brexit, the Tories managed to disenfranchise the entire population of the Untied Kingdom. 66 million people (present and future voters) were denied their democratic right to have their say on how their lives are affected at an European level.

#GE2024 #ToriesOut
#PhotoID #VoterID
#ElectoralCommission
#R4Today #LBC #BBCbreakfast
theguardian.com/politics/2022/

The Guardian · UK elections watchdog warns bill threatens its independenceBy Peter Walker
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Philip C James

Good Morning, all

So our Second-Past-The-Post Prime Minister has finally called a General Election. But will Mr Tetchy (hear his #R4Today interview) now rush to get the Commons to change our electoral laws to a Second-Past-The-Post system?

You can't vote the Tories out unless you vote; not registered to vote?
gov.uk/register-to-vote

#LBC #C4News

Yet another reason to ditch the Nastiz: their gerrymandering US import requiring you now have #PhotoID to cast your vote:
electoralcommission.org.uk/vot

GOV.UKRegister to voteRegister to vote to take part in elections in the UK. Includes how to get on the electoral register and how to update your address on the register.
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Bob Jamieson

Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting photo ID

apnews.com/article/uk-election

AP News · UK local elections: Boris Johnson turned away after forgetting photo IDFormer British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was turned away from a polling station after forgetting to bring ID to vote in the U.K.’s local elections. British media reported Friday that Johnson, who introduced the requirement for voters to provide photo ID when he was in office, was told by polling station staff in South Oxfordshire Thursday that he would not be able to vote without proving his identity. Sky News reported that Johnson was later able to cast his ballot and that he voted Conservative. Johnson served as Conservative prime minister from 2019 to 2022. The new law was first implemented last year in local elections.
#PhotoID#Johnson#ElectionFail
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Philip C James

Oops! Boris "Sasha" Johnson forgot to take an acceptable form of #PhotoID when he went to vote yesterday.

As Bozo introduced the idea of #VoterID (to the UK, it being a 'reform' much loved by US GOP), you'd think he'd have remembered to take it to with him to the polling station.

Or does our former PM and infamous Eton Oik feel so entitled he doesn't expect to have to observe the same rules he forced on the rest of us?

#R4Today #LBC #BBCbreakfast #GeneralElectionNow!
reuters.com/world/uk/uks-boris

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