Walker says ending same-day registration too costly [View all]

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Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentine

"There is no way I'm signing a bill that costs that kind of money," Walker told reporters.

Walker cited the board's report that concluded it would cost $5.2 million, and would do nothing to end the administrative work of clerks around the state.

Walker said that, in light of the GAB report, he didn't think members of the Legislature would even try to approve a bill to end the same-day registration law.

Walker had said in November in a speech in California that he was considering backing efforts to end same-day registration, which has been credited with giving Wisconsin one of the highest voter turnout percentages in the country.



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