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Scuba

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1. Clear as mud. Does this mean a voter still has to jump through hoops to get an ID? Getting forms ...
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 04:19 PM
Jul 2014

... can require travel if one doesn't have internet access. Para 71 says this is "not a severe burden". Well, it's not to the average Joe in Appleton, but he probably already has an ID. It's the poor old lady living with her daughter in Milwaukee who will be burdened.

Further, Para 70 seems to leave the approval of the waiver up to the local DMV Administrator. Seems like an opportunity for shenanigans, not that I wouldn't trust the current Administration (wink, wink).

Also, it's hard to imagine the average voter reading the three paragraphs above and having any clue what they should do. Will Walker's Administration make it easier for voters to understand? His past actions suggest otherwise.

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