{"id":6055,"date":"2023-10-04T17:14:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T17:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=6055"},"modified":"2023-10-04T18:02:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T18:02:17","slug":"rep-binfield-wants-to-lower-cost-of-wisconsins-voter-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=6055","title":{"rendered":"Rep Binfield Wants to Lower Cost of Wisconsin\u2019s Voter Roll"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/rep-binfield\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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A plan at the Wisconsin capital would allow people to buy the state\u2019s voter registration list for far less money.<\/p>\n

Rep Amy Binsfield, R-Sheboygan, introduced her plan that would shrink the cost of Wisconsin\u2019s voter rolls from $12,500 to $250.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore or less what, we\u2019re trying to do is make sure that the voter registration list is available to our citizens. We want to make sure that it\u2019s not out of grasp when it comes to the price,\u201d Binsfield said.<\/p>\n

Binsfield said there\u2019s no reason for Wisconsin\u2019s voter list to cost $12,500. She said it\u2019s not like workers at the Wisconsin Elections Commission have to go and physically print the list any longer.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when you think of the fact that we\u2019re dealing with keystrokes I think we can all agree that over time we\u2019ve come a long way from the big paper press that has happened and when we\u2019re talking about keystrokes we don\u2019t want to undermine the fact that the staff working on this is pretty competent to get these lists out fairly quickly,\u201d Binsfield said.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin is the fourth most expensive state in the country when it comes to buying voter lists.<\/p>\n

\u201cEleven states are at $0. They give this information out to their voters publicly for $0. It does go as high as $37,000 that happens in Alabama. I\u2019m not sure what they have going on down there but we don\u2019t want to replicate,\u201d Binsfield said.<\/p>\n

Binsfield said allowing voters to see who is on the list, and who is off the list, can only help to make sure the list is more accurate.<\/p>\n

There are some concerns, however. Rep Scott Krug, R-Nekoosa, said he\u2019s not sure the $250 isn\u2019t too cheap.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsolutely prohibitive it is the only challenge I have is the $250. I\u2019m just trying to figure out exactly where cost may be to create the list with the keystrokes deliver the list and if we do enough repetitive it\u2019s probably easily replicated just trying to figure out what that number might be,\u201d Krug said.<\/p>\n

Rep. Lee Snodgrass, D-Appleton, said she worries about what will happen to the list if Wisconsin starts to sell it cheap.<\/p>\n

\u201cWisconsin has no restrictions on the use of voter data. So, as written, this bill gives every telemarketer in the world inexpensive access to the names, addresses, phone numbers and emails of every single Wisconsin voter,\u201d Snodgrass said. \u201cSo, I guess my concern is yes transparency, but we also have to look at privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Binsfield said phone numbers are not currently included in Wisconsin\u2019s voter rolls and shouldn\u2019t be included no matter the price.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin\u2019s voter registration list is one of the longest in the country. There are currently more than 7 million people listed, because while people are declared inactive they are never actually taken off the list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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