8/14/2018 Hank Crisp

 

 

             

On Tuesday Republican Primary voters found themselves losing their drivers licenses and other forms of voting IDs taken from them by primary poll workers.  New Voter ID laws in Wisconsin require that all voters must show a valid form of photo ID in order to vote and federal law permits officials to confiscate ID that they believe may be counterfeit.  Maxwell Carter 47 of Milwaukee a carrier for UPS said “I need my drivers license for my job without it I can’t work and if I loose my job over this you better believe I will sue the state.”  

 

Over 2,100 voters had there IDs confiscated under suspicion they may be counterfeit mostly in the Oshkosh, Green Bay, and Milwaukee areas however there have been reports state wide.  Attorney General Brad Schimel (R) said “These people shouldn’t be voting with false IDs to begin with.  When Schimel was shown people with legitimate ID had their IDs confiscated Schimel continued “Who cares what they think? It is not like they give thousands of dollars in campaign contributions.” Schimel refused to answer further questions regarding the matter.

 

UPDATE 08/14/2018 9:27 PM

A spokesperson from the Wisconsin Elections Commission put out a statement regarding the confiscated IDs “We apologize to the people who where effected with having there IDs confiscated to ensure the integrity of the elections within the state of Wisconsin all valid IDs will be returned to respectful owners by November 7^th. We want to remind voters your IDs are not lost nor stolen and reporting as such to the Wisconsin DMV for a replacement will be an act of falsifying state documents a felony in Wisconsin.”