Reply #17: WI: Legislators ask for a concrete voting rule (Voter ID)

[EFerrari]

Legislators ask for a concrete voting rule
By STEVEN WALTERS
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Posted: June 28, 2006

Madison - Legislators asked the state Elections Board on Wednesday to draft a rule over how to handle first-time voters who cannot or will not present a valid Wisconsin driver's license, questioning the policy the board adopted last week.

The Elections Board last week reaffirmed a policy of letting first-time voters cast their ballots if they present either a driver's license or the last four digits of their Social Security number.

But Sen. Joe Leibham (R-Sheboygan) said that decision violates provisions of the federal Help America Vote Act, adopted after the contested 2000 presidential election. That law clearly requires that first-time voters provide a valid driver's license and that Social Security numbers can be used only if someone does not have a license, Leibham told the Legislature's Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=444012