Reply #26: (WI) Bad vote tally revives reform debate

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Bad vote tally revives reform debate

Doyle touts his plan for change, seizing on election error in town
By GREG J. BOROWSKI

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Posted: June 8, 2005

Gov. Jim Doyle on Wednesday urged Republican lawmakers to put his election reform plan on the fast track, citing a new report of a counting error that led to President Bush getting 100 extra votes last fall in the Town of Herman in northern Wisconsin.

A key GOP senator, though, called on Doyle to back a photo ID requirement aimed at stopping people trying to scam the system at the polls - and not just focus on post-election accounting safeguards.

Sen. Joe Leibham (R-Sheboygan) also noted that Doyle's plan has not even been introduced, so no action is possible.

Meanwhile, Doyle spokesman Dan Leistikow countered that drafting was delayed because GOP leaders didn't make it a priority.

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http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/jun05/332290.asp