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Milwaukee police urge tighter voting laws for state of Wisconsin

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Welcome to beautiful Wisconsin—home of cheese, beer and, hopefully, tighter voting laws.

Three years after an initial probe into the 2004 voting problems in Milwaukee, the police have issued a report recommending the elimination of same-day voter registration and requiring photo ID of voters.

The governor of Wisconsin, Jim Doyle, isn’t a big fan of the recommendations:  “I’m not sure why the Milwaukee Police Department should be the one deciding what the voting policy is of the State of Wisconsin.”

The report attributes blame to poor record keeping and error-prone poll workers. Keep in mind this is the state where, back in January, a Milwaukee man was sentenced with a felony charge for voting while still on probation from a previous felony charge. Such mix-ups would happen less often if states like Milwaukee would just get their voting systems in shape. 

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