Tag Archive | "voter fraud"

First Voter Fraud Measure Begins Tomorrow

Monday, July 11, 2011

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Voters who participate in Tuesday’s Senate recall elections will have to sign their names to the poll books for the first time. News Talk WSAU explains why some believe it is needed: State elections’ director Kevin Kennedy says signing in will eliminate problems from the recent past, when poll workers checked off voters’ names on [...]

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Democrats Charge Republicans with Fraud in Recalls

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

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Democrats say Republicans got signatures for recall efforts using fraudulent tactics. The controversy surrounds recall efforts by Republicans, who want to oust some Democratic lawmakers. In recent stories and statements, Wisconsin Democrats say that Republican petitions for recalls were filled with signatures of people who didn’t exist. Democrats also allege that their conservative counterparts used [...]

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Students Challenge Voter ID Bill

Thursday, April 28, 2011

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Students packed a legislative hearing on Wisconsin’s controversial voter ID bill yesterday, The Daily Isthmus reports. Some said they believe it will hurt minorities at the polls. From the story: “To me, [AB-7] sounds like a poll tax,” testified Milwaukee County Supervisor Nikiya Harris. Harris said single mothers and others with little time, little money [...]

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Expert: Student Badges Needed to Combat Election Fraud

Friday, March 25, 2011

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A University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor says the state should accept student IDs as a form of identification at the polls. David Canon says the move would save the state cash. Student IDs are already produced at state-run colleges, why duplicate the effort? the LaCrosse Tribune reports. Voter identification is a hot topic in [...]

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Lawmakers Debate Voter ID Bill

Thursday, January 27, 2011

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Wisconsin lawmakers are debating the necessity of a bill that would require identification at the polls. Under the law, voters would have to bring a valid military ID, driver’s license or state ID to the ballot box. Some believe this will help combat voter fraud, while others believe it will prevent some from voting. Some [...]

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WI AG Says Expanded Task Force Will Fight Election Fraud

Thursday, July 29, 2010

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Voter fraud is on the minds of many Wisconsinites as the election approaches and some in Milwaukee faces charges of fraud at the ballot box. Today, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said the state and U.S. Justice Department will team up with a task force in Brown County to snuff out voter fraud at [...]

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Concerns Over Fast-Moving Voter Bill Raised

Thursday, April 8, 2010

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A new bill moving fast through the Wisconsin legislature would allow online voting – but no challenges to ballots. If approved, anyone with an ID card like a driver’s license would be able to vote, or change voting information on the Internet. From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: An amendment by the budget committee loosened a requirement [...]

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How to Report Voter Fraud

Thursday, April 1, 2010

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This month, five Wisconsinites were charged with voter fraud. This week, a convicted felon from Fox Lake admitted that he voted last year – something he is not allowed to do with a criminal record. With the April election just days away, you should know what election fraud is and how to spot it. Fraud [...]

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