Voting reforms advance in Assembly Reprinted from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 30, 2001. The Assembly gave the measure preliminary approval, but a Democratic objection delayed final action until Thursday. But Republicans claimed that if photo identification is needed to rent a videotape, it should also be required of voters. Going to Blockbuster and renting a movie is a privilege.
Voting is a right.
We should be doing everything we can to make sure people exercise that right. Only people interested in perpetuating voter fraud need fear such a requirement. We should search for ways to bring even more qualified voters to the polls, not fewer. We want everyone to show up and vote. We're trying to do the right things to reform the electoral system.