Re: Voter ID

I attended the public hearing on Voter ID, and I can tell you that the usual suspects were there, all whining and crying about the horrors of actually asking people for ID before voting. There were lawyers representing all sorts of minority groups, saying things like "We can't have anything like a poll tax" (but this wouldn't cost individual voters anything out of pocket!) and "even a dollar would be too much for some members of our community" (really? even those with cell phones and cable TV?)

They presented not one shred of evidence that this would disenfranchise anyone.

One lawyer for the Latino community -- not even from Wisconsin, as far as I could gather -- flat-out threatened to sue the state if the Voter ID bill gets passed. Another claimed to have some sort of incriminating testimony against one of the panel members, a state senator, who looked quite amused and not the least worried. (So they'll stoop to threats and implied blackmail? Oh yes.) The League of Women Voters made the highly unoriginal claim that this was a "rush to judgment" and "ill-founded".

Kevin's right. Doyle isn't going to go against his base, not only WEAC and the Democrats but all the minorities so over-represented by lawyers who love to sue.