"Photo identification is a condition of our times.."
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a state law requiring voters to have photo identification to cast a ballot, although the law remains blocked by an earlier ruling by a federal judge that it is unconstitutional.
The court wrote in its decision that providing a photo identification at the ballot box does not create a substantial burden to the voter, as claimed by the plaintiffs in the case.
“Photo identification is a condition of our times where more and more personal interactions are being modernized to require proof of identity,” the court wrote.
Similar voter identification laws have become a political and racial flashpoint across the United States with Democrats generally opposed and many Republicans backing them.
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And the ironic part of this decision is that the only single case of voter fraud in Wisconsin that was presented to the court was a man who in one way or another voted for Republican Scott Walker 13 times. And in ways that a photo ID check would not have prevented.
More wind taken out of OBAMAS sail I love it.
ACORN !
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