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  1. And Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan probably have not helped Walker's cause. In post-election interviews, the GOP standard-bearers essentially blamed their loss on an unexpectedly high turnout among young and minority voters. Thus, the partisan motives behind Walker's proposal would be clearer now than ever before.
    Finally, it is far from certain that Walker will have uniform backing from his party, especially in the state Senate.
    It seems almost certain that Sen. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, for one, will not support it.
    "I find it hard to believe that he'd be willing to support a bill like this which eliminates one of Wisconsin's fine traditions of accessibility for people to exercise their right to vote," says Todd Allbaugh, a legislative aide to Schultz, who was not available for comment on Wednesday.
    That means the other 17 Republicans in the 33-member

    Senate must be united in turning over something that election experts, from municipal clerks to leaders at the Government Accountability Board, overwhelmingly support.

    STUPID ideologues....
  2. Thank you Wisconsin voters
  3. Why is WALKER and the GOP making it so hard for citizens to vote? WALKER is one sick individual with a vendeta against people !
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  4. What a smoke screen Walker? Tired poll workers? What a joke.
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    • Not only tired poll workers. Walker insulted the many senior citizens who volunteer as poll workers, saving municipalities a lot of money. Many of these senior citizens are experienced poll workers having volunteered for years. They facilitate rather than obstruct people from voting. If Walker is so worried about the lack of "energetic" poll workers, let him free up funds for localities to hire all their poll workers. (Like that will happen)
  5. Wonder what poll workers he was talking to? His mother?
  6. My daughter has 2 degrees from Marquette and estimates that half of the students there are from out of state.

    --I wonder how many of them also did absentee ballots from their own state (many are from ILL.)

    --Also, I find it very saddening that these out of staters vote here, and then leave after college, but leaving the residents here to live with the results. Voting for a presidential election may be OK in this scenerio, but not state/local candidates.

    The voting laws need to be cleaned up to preserve the integrity. Same day registration with picture ID.
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  7. The Grand Old Party has long sought to limit voting. As far back as 1980 they have sought to curtail the electorate.

    Co-founder of the Heritage Foundation, Moral Majority and various other groups tells his flock that he doesn't want people to vote.

    If you can't win on ideas and ideals, rig the system in your favor.

    This ain't my dad's GOP. We need them back. They had bold ideas and were relentless on environmental protections. This new crowd will bow down to anyone who "pretends" to be a "job creator" in order to enhance their wallet.
  8. Hey Oneday,your ignorance is showing about poll workers. My staff shows up 45 minutes before the polls open to set up the machines ,sign ballots, put up the mandatory signage. My staff are all retired most are in their eighties or late seventies.When the polls close at 8pm the real work of tabulation of all the ballots starts.This will take 2 to 3 hours depending on the election. This means my staff has worked from 6.15 am to 10pm or latter. A sixteen hour day. Any thing that would make our work slightly less is a plus, like photo id or the ending of same day registration. I 'm for one very concerned about 19% of the vote comes from same day regestration. Where were this people for the other election? How informed are they about the issues in the election if they can not bother to sign-up to vote until election day?
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  9. Get Out People (GOP) and stop making the poll workers work?!?! Its ONE day. Its called WORK for a reason ! So stop trying to supress people votes ! ! Our Troops died defending the right for ALL people to vote not SOME !!!!
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  10. Walker and his party will enact the voter suppression laws they want in place.They will be challenged in court and will lose their case.Then all of you pro suppressinists will post your outrage at the liberal lefty socialist tool of a judge ewho renders the decision that its unconstitutional.The question that I have is how can any person who claims he is a loyal bleeds red. white and blue American justify trying to keep voters from the polls?
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