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WI Senate to fast-track Voter ID bill?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  February 21st, 2011 at 05:30 PM  | 

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Hey, maybe we’ve got this all wrong.  Maybe all those Democratic state senators should stay in hiding for a couple of days longer; it’ll let the adults get some business done.

…Republicans plan to move ahead with regular Senate business. In addition to tomorrow’s calendar, that could mean public hearings on other legislation, and possibly a floor vote on a voter ID bill that Democrats don’t like.

Background on the Voter ID bill here: essentially, it’s the usual commonsense notion that people who vote should have to go through the same kind of hoops to establish identity that we expect from people who, say, buy beer.  The Democrats hate the very idea, of course – it’s not that they personally indulge in election fraud, but it’s a weakness of some of their dearest companions – so they’ve been fighting it tooth and nail in Wisconsin for years.

But that assumes that legislators are there and on the job.  The Voter ID bill isn’t fiscal, so it doesn’t need a 3/5ths quorum: a simple one will do fine.  And that’s not all the Wisconsin legislature could do: this fine fellow suggests (with malice aforethought) that now is an excellent time to revisit concealed-carry, school choice, general deregulation… the list is practically endless, really.  So, really, maybe Wisconsin Democrats should take their time.  Wisconsin Republicans can find plenty to occupy themselves with until their counterparts get over their snit-fit…

Moe Lane (crosspost)

(H/T: Hot Air)

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  • msctex

    . . .so that it functions as intended, with citizens voting once, would do as much to destroy the Democratic Party as any other action.

    And they know it, and as Moe says, fight it tooth and nail.

  • Cheetah772

    It will let Democrats know that their feeble attempt at stalling the legislation will buy them nothing and all sorts of pain they don’t care to experience.

  • http://www.coloradans4palin.com bjwilson83

    Why didn’t all this happen last week?

  • MNConservative

    Elections are the one area where Democrats excel at efficiency: more votes with fewer voters.

    Here in MN we figure the Dems manage about 2% fraud, which given the <.5% difference in the last election means that Dayton is effectively a tyrant.

  • victrola

    It’s a fight Republicans should relish, your average citizen thinks it’s a no brainer that people should produce a driver’s license or some other form of ID. For Democrats to fight this issue, it makes them look all the more culpable to the charge of voter fraud.

    When Republicans control Congress once again after 2012 (and hopefully White House), they should pass a bill that cuts off highway funding to any state that doesn’t require a legal form of ID to vote. My guess is all you would need is a simple majority in the Senate, not 60 votes.

  • freemanja1991

    Is a state with recall provisions, job amendment is reason enough for a recall of these senators in my book. work on it badgers.

  • paramedichess

    They could really help their state by making WI a Right to Work state. Its not fiscal, so they don’t need the 3/5. That might get those Dems to come running back!

  • http://jhpruitt.blogtownhall.com/ kipling

    Walker and the Republicans in the Senate could sure find some good ways to occupy their time.

    When Walker decides that he wants the Demo-rats back, he should follow the action of Perry in TX. When the TX Demo-rats fled to OK, Perry cut off their expense accounts. They returned shortly thereafter. Protesting is fine when the public has to pay for it, but not so hot when the reps have to foot the bill.

  • StandardCandle
  • cactusjack

    for awhile there, the Gov was actually considering sending out the Texas Rangers to apprehend the Dems and return them to duty forcibly. What a scene it would have been, seeing them dragged back down to Austin in leg irons and trooper patrol sedans. He was talked out of it by the AG however, not because it was slam dunk extra-legal but only because it wasn’t clearly within his powers. Maybe next time, though. And the Dems enthusiasm melted when they realized they would have to start paying for their own food and other entertainment.

  • The_Gadfly

    impeachment for non-performance of constitutionally required responsibilities is also a non-budgetary item, so maybe they should proceed with the first set of articles against the minority leader.

  • proudgop

    I read they can take up any bill so long at its not dealing with fiscal budget.

    Why not approve of a redistricting bill very quickly to really destroy the Wisconsin Democrat Party?

  • rickbull
  • quakergrey

    Actions have consequences. The best way to teach is to allow consequences to be suffered. Not the Repub’s fault the Dems felt this one issue was more important that all the others.

  • drfredc

    While they are at it, they might as well fast track ‘right to work’ rules for everyone. That’l get WI back to work quickly and put them on the map as a business friendly state for new business…

  • melbedewy

    an Arizona style anti-illegal alien bill?
    That would get the Party Of Bankruptcy fugitives back. The only thing they like more than public union parasites are illegal aliens.