{"id":14674,"date":"2025-01-09T20:03:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T21:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=14674"},"modified":"2025-01-10T00:29:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T00:29:03","slug":"wisconsin-senate-oks-voter-id-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=14674","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Senate OKs Voter ID Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Benjamin Yount<\/h5>\n

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Wisconsin\u2019s latest proposed constitutional amendment is on the fast track to the voters.<\/p>\n

The Wisconsin Senate on Wednesday approved the proposal to ask voters whether they want to constitutionally protect the state\u2019s voter ID law.<\/p>\n

It was a Republican led party-line 17-15 vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not controversial. This is wildly popular,\u201d Sen. Van Wangaarrd, R-Racine said during the debate.<\/p>\n

Wangaarrd said lawmakers need to take voter ID to the voters, and protect it in the constitution because the new, liberal-majority Wisconsin Supreme Court has been asked to strike it down.<\/p>\n

\u201cVoter ID is popular, easy to get, and important for clean elections,\u201d Sen. Julian Bradley, R-New Berlin, added.<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said voter ID laws are common sense. And he says protecting Wisconsin\u2019s voter ID law is paramount.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou need a photo ID to get married, pick up some medications, open a bank account, buy alcohol, rent or buy a house, and even adopt a pet from the humane society. We have to make sure that voting stays on the long list of things you need a photo ID to do,\u201d LeMahieu said. \u201cEnshrining Voter ID requirements in the constitution will secure Wisconsin elections and make sure that it is easy to vote and hard to cheat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Democrats, who have opposed Wisconsin\u2019s voter ID law for years, on Wednesday said the state should be tackling other priorities first.<\/p>\n

\u201cWisconsinites face serious challenges \u2013 rising costs and unavailability of childcare, healthcare, housing, and prescription drugs, gun violence threatening the lives of our children, a workforce shortage that threatens our economy, and lack of adequate state funding for our public schools and local public services,\u201d Sen. Kelda Roys, D-Madison, said. \u201cBut rather than tackle any of these important issues, Republican politicians are back to their tired playbook \u2013 cynical partisan power grabs to rig the system so they can keep power, this time by putting anti-voter measures in our state constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

The proposed amendment wouldn\u2019t change anything about Wisconsin\u2019s voter ID law. It would not add new restrictions or change what can be used as a valid ID at the polls.<\/p>\n

Instead, the amendment would make it much more difficult to get rid of voter ID.<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s vote was the second time that the State Senate has approved the amendment, lawmakers approved the same plan in the last session.<\/p>\n

The Wisconsin Assembly will take up the proposed amendment next. That vote is scheduled for next week.<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Yount is a contributor to The Center Square.<\/a>
\nPhoto \u201cVoters Casting Ballots\u201d by Phil Roeder<\/a>. CC BY 2.0.<\/em><\/p>\n

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