Senate quickly passes voter ID amendment Tuesday as Assembly begins consideration

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : He said the proposal is a way to allow voters to have the final say on voter ID requirements.
54% : However, control of the Court as a whole and recent challenges to Wisconsin laws -- including to abortion laws and Act 10 -- influenced the decision to move the measure forward.
53% : Republican lawmakers cited worries that future legal challenges could weaken the law as they sought to enshrine it in the state constitution.
53% : "The latest constitutional amendment proposal would add language in the state constitution requiring that qualified electors present a photo ID issued by the state, by the federal government, by a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band, or by a college or university in Wisconsin when voting.
53% : Not one person said to me, 'I really want to make sure that we enshrine voter ID into the constitution,'" Snodgrass said.
51% : "The League of Women Voters, as one of the biggest advocacy groups of women in the state of Wisconsin, is going to take an official position you're anti-photo ID?"
49% : Republicans defended the proposal as needed to ensure that the law isn't changed anytime soon and argued that voter ID is needed to keep elections secure.
48% : "Accessing the DMV to secure state ID is not equally available to all eligible voters," Cronmiller said.
46% : She suggested that Republicans favor voter ID to suppress the vote and "make it more likely for conservatives to win."
44% : In explaining the measure, Wanggaard said he is "unwilling" to allow the Wisconsin Supreme Court to potentially overturn voter ID requirements.
44% : "Some voters face barriers such as a lack of public transportation, long distances, shortened hours, and ADA barriers that the DMV is aware of but has failed to correct in all the years since the law was passed.
39% : Rep. Scot Krug (R-Nekoosa) questioned how the League of Women Voters could oppose voter ID when polling suggests that many support it.
35% : She argued that lawmakers could have decided to address any other number of issues, including gun violence after a recent school shooting in her district, state funding for public schools and local services and health care costs.
33% : Democrats criticized the timing of the legislation during the floor debate, saying there are more urgent issues that lawmakers could be addressing, it is redundant given current state law and that voter ID laws create unnecessary obstacles for voters.
32% : During the hearing Tuesday, he pointed out that since the state Supreme Court shifted from a conservative to a liberal majority in 2023, there have been challenges to the state's 1849 law that banned abortion for a time following the overturning of Roe v. Wade and to Act 10.Wanggaard also rejected claims that voter ID stops people from voting.

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