Wisconsin voters to elect education leader and decide on voter ID amendment

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : She worked for Rocketship schools, part of a national network of public charter schools and became its executive director in the Milwaukee region.
57% : Underly opposes dismantling the federal agency, while Kinser has said as long as the state continues to receive federal education funding, "I am confident in our ability to navigate whatever changes Washington sends our way.
56% : That gives the person who runs the Department of Public Instruction broad authority to oversee education policy, which includes dispersing money to schools and managing teacher licensing.
53% : There is also a measure that would place the state's voter ID law into the state constitution.
52% : " Placing voter ID law in the constitution is on the ballot Wisconsin's photo ID requirement for voting would be elevated from a state law to a constitutional amendment under a proposal on the ballot.
48% : Even if voters reject it, the voter ID requirement that has been in state law since 2011 will remain in place.
44% : But Democratic opponents argue photo ID requirements are often enforced unfairly, making it more difficult for people of color, the disabled and poor people to vote.
43% : Opponents say those programs siphon money away from public schools.
37% : Underly, who casts herself as the champion of public schools, also has tried to make the possible elimination of the U.S. Department of Education an issue in the race.
36% : Underly tries to portray Kinser as nothing more than a lobbyist who doesn't care about public education.
22% : Voucher schools, education funding are key issues in the race Kinser has tried to brand Underly as being a poor manager of the Department of Public Instruction.

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