Thanks to a new voter ID law passed by Republicans in 2011 that takes effect for the first time at the state’s presidential primary on Tuesday, an estimated 9% of the state’s electorate – those without a government-issued photo ID – are at risk of being unable to vote, according to the Nation.
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Republicans will award 18 delegates to their statewide victor, and three more to the winners in each of the state’s eight congressional districts.
Voters came out in full force for the Wisconsin presidential primaries on Tuesday. Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are battling for that party’s nomination. So far he’s won 37 percent.
Local contested races include: County Board, Kenosha mayor, Kenosha City Council, Salem Town Board, Somers Village Board, Pleasant Prairie Village Board, Silver Lake Village Board, Kenosha Unified School Board, Lakewood School Board, Bristol School Board, Riverview School Board and Wilmot High School Board.
First today, two encouraging breaking stories as we go to air: California Governor Jerry Brown signs a new law, just hashed out last week, raising the state’s minimum wage from $10 to $15 by 2022, and SCOTUS unanimously(!) affirms the long-held principle of “One Person, One Vote” that had been challenged by Rightwingers in the Evenwell v. Abbott case which we covered in detail last December following oral arguments.
Advocates for and against the law agree that approximately 300,000 eligible voters lack eligible photo IDs.
– Wisconsin DOT-issued identification card.
Students were then sent to Union South to pick up their voter IDs at the Wiscard office, while Dean of Students Lori Berquam investigated the matter after students complained about the broken printer on Twitter.
Noah Strayve lives near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Black and Latino voters – who are disproportionately likely to lack required ID or have more difficulty accessing or paying for a new one – are more likely to be barred from the polls on Tuesday.
– Voters must have resided at their current Wisconsin address for at least 28 days prior to the election.
Tonight’s Wisconsin primary is pivotal for both the Democratic and the Republican races, and due to fears of voter suppression, many watchdogs are on hand keeping an eye on tonight’s polls.
Some students were lining up for IDs even though they had driver’s licenses, because out-of-state students can not vote with non-Wisconsin driver’s licenses.
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Election officials expected a turnout in excess of 60 percent of registered voters in Wausau.
