Report on ending same-day registration delayed
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A final report on how much it would cost Wisconsin to do away with same-day voter registration has been delayed.
The state Government Accountability Board in December issued a preliminary report saying doing away with allowing voters to register at the polls on election day would cost $5 million initially and about $1 million annually after that.
The board which oversees elections had hoped to have a final report done by the end of December. But at its meeting Monday, elections division administrator Mike Haas said the board was still waiting on cost estimates from two or three other state agencies.
Haas says a final report will be done as soon as possible.
Gov. Scott Walker supports ending same-day registration but says he won’t sign a bill costing $5 million.
Jan 15, 2013 at 11:34 a.m.
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Raf - The few people that were found guilty wouldn't have been caught even if voter ID was in place. But then we've been through all this before and the regressives know very well what they are about. But I think they are so far off the deep end now not much will help them until they change some of their policies.
Jan 15, 2013 at 7:48 a.m.
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I hope this doesn't go away it makes it too easy to vote multiple times, especially without having to show ID.
Jan 15, 2013 at 6:26 a.m.
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wasp speaking of tired old song...I have never claimed "wide spread" fraud. The fact remains there have been people found quilty of voter and registration fraud...too bad you can't say the same.
Jan 15, 2013 at 6:06 a.m.
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Raf - That's getting to be a tired old saw. No evidence of widespread voter fraud other than in the right wings head. I guess you can bring up the discredited Milwaukee case again.
Jan 15, 2013 at 12:04 a.m.
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Funny how the left fringe deflects to a racist charge of poll tax and suppression every time...yet not one case of suppression, charged and found guilty of, has come forward in any state that has voter ID or a state not allowing same day registration.
Jan 14, 2013 at 7:33 p.m.
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Not funny gp.
Jan 14, 2013 at 5:56 p.m.
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As long as the tests were not too difficult.
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Jan 14, 2013 at 5:40 p.m.
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As the right wing failed in November, their attempts at voter suppression will also fail. These nutjobs would bring back the poll tax and literacy tests if they could.
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