Passage of Hyper Partisan Measure Would Add Restrictive Voter Photo ID Law to April 1st Spring Election Ballot
Last week, as the first order of business in the brand new 2025-26 legislative session, the Wisconsin State Senate rammed through a hyper partisan measure to enshrine Wisconsin's extreme and restrictive photo identification voter law into the Wisconsin Constitution by passing Senate Joint Resolution 2 along strict political party lines 17 to 15. Tuesday, the Wisconsin Assembly will consider an identical measure, Assembly Joint Resolution 1 that if passed would place the issue in the form of a constitutional amendment question on the upcoming April 1st Spring Election ballot.
This is a terrible idea on both public policy and procedural grounds and Wisconsin voters should contact their elected State Representative today and urge them to vote against Assembly Joint Resolution 1 for these reasons which we detailed last week in our release before the vote in the State Senate.
To find the contact information for your state representative go here.
Common Cause Wisconsin is actively engaged in educating Wisconsin voters about public policy issues such as voting rights and participation, fair state legislative and congressional voting maps, fair state courts and the upcoming and pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court election on April 1, 2025 and about other democracy-related matters.
You are invited to join these upcoming, online events. Register today and share the event information with a friend.
This coming Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 1PM, I will be participating in a virtual forum presentation organized by the Wisconsin Interfaith Voter Engagement Campaign to discuss the 2025 political landscape of Wisconsin and the country. Register here.
On January 28, 2025 at 6PM, I have the honor of being on a panel with former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janine Geske and others in a virtual forum on the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court election and the related issues of ethics and money organized by the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin. Register here.
We look forward to you joining these virtual events!
And please make sure your state representative hears from you on the ill-advised and misguided legislation regarding the extreme and restrictive voter ID constitutional amendment.
On Wisconsin. Forward!
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