Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed another Republican bill Friday that would have forced Wisconsin voters to show government-issued photo identification at the polls. Republicans vowed to go around the governor and amend the state constitution to require picture IDs.
Investigators in Milwaukee believe 4,600 more ballots were cast than people recorded as voting in the city during the presidential race. Felons cast hundreds of votes and people used fake names and addresses, they say.
Friday's veto marks the third time Doyle, a Democrat, has killed GOP legislation establishing a photo ID requirement.
The governor says the IDs would do little to protect election integrity because the problems stem from poor poll management. Worse, Doyle said, the provision would keep thousands of people without identification from voting. He claimed 177,000 Wisconsin seniors don't have driver's licenses or state IDs.
So better to have massive fraud than people waiting in DMV lines.
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Let's hope the Republican legislature makes good and that other states take notice.
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