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  1. Sooo..when Republicans can't win on their ideas, they try to change the rules until they can get rid of enough "bad" voters to win. How are they not ashamed to discuss this publicly? Isn't it a crime to try to systematically disenfranchise your opponents' so called base? Perhaps young people might be willing to vote Republican if they weren't actively pursuing policies that hurt young people!!!
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  2. I guess Scott Walker just doesn't "get it" why the republicans lost the election.
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  3. Walker, what does same-day voter registration have to do with your job -- your promise to create 250,000 jobs in Wisconsin? Stop running away, all the way across the country, to say what you're going to do in Wisconsin. Stop running for national office.

    Stay in Wisconsin and work on your promise to create 250,000 jobs -- or what happened to Ryan will happen to you. He couldn't even win his hometown, not even his own ward, the neighbors who know him. Walker, stop suppressing the vote and start creating the jobs.
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  4. NOTE: My screen name has nothing to do with my political beliefs.

    I have read a lot on both sides of this argument. The election workers that I have seen quoted (including this article) are not for this change. They are the ones that deal with this on election day - and do not see a need for this at all.

    I know that many states do not have same-day registration. Does that mean we have to sink to their level? The argument that only 7 states allow same day registration - so we should't either isn't a reason to change simply by itself.

    Getting more people involved in the political process IS A GOOD THING. I know that traditionally the higher the voter the turnout, the better that is for Dems, but in many ways - it is better for all of us. I know that the Motor-Voter option would still be in play, but if Same Day Registration is easier for people to use...just go to your local voting place and register, then how are we a better democracy by making it harder to vote.

    Again, I am just trying to look at this evenly. I know some say that voter fraud happens during elections, I haven't seen any substantial documented case. This is a "fix" in search of a problem.
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  5. Yeah like it's sooooo difficult to get your lazy butt(it's not like you have a job or are doing anything productive) down and register 15 days or a month earlier when there are no lines and there is time to verify that you are actually a legal voter... Everyone knows why the liberals don't want this passed and it has nothing to do with voter suppression... Wisconsin is one of only 8 states that allow same day registration.
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  6. Roughly half the people disagree and the other half agree, usually with a 1% differential. If you want to vote, it is easy to do. Registering is easy too. Getting people to register on the day of is an unneeded complication to the process. What other serious thing in life can you register for and then do it a minute later? To be silly, even sky divers make you watch a video.
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  7. We require a student to live in the state for six months somewhere other thanthe a dorm to get instate tuition but we let them vote after 28 days. If they are state residents then they should vote absentee back home
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  8. The Republican Party continues to slouch towards irrelevancy and extinction and continued voter disenfranchisement is top priority coming outta the gates? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the classic definition of...of, oh forget it. Time for conservatives to get the excuse machine revved up for the top 100 reasons Scooter will never sniff the 250,000 jobs he promised. Bold prediction: all of them will involve mean ol' Democrats and that Socialist Kenyan President of ours.
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  9. But if we did away with voter ID and same-day voting, how would the Democrats cheat?
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  10. nothing walker does is for the overall good of the people of wis. he continues to spend all his time either appearing before extreme right wingers nationally or trying to steal more votes either through redistricting or voter registration laws. he is trying to take wisc back to what mississippi was.
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