No Hmmmm about it. They need to check a box that says they meet the requirements for a free ID.
That is pretty much rock stupid simple, IMHO. On Sep 9, 10:50 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmmmmmm......... > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > Top DOT official tells staff not to mention free voter ID cards to the > > public — unless they askby Jessica Vanegeren and Shawn Doherty > > The Capital Times > > (Madison, Wisconsin) > > 9/7/11 > > > An internal > > memo<http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/host.madison.com/content/...>from > > a top Department of Transportation official instructs workers at > > Division of Motor Vehicles service centers not to tell members of the public > > that they can obtain voter identification cards free of charge -- unless > > they know to ask for it. > > > The memo, recently obtained by The Capital Times, was written by Steve > > Krieser and sent to all state Department of Transportation and Department of > > Motor Vehicles employees on July 1, the same day employees were to begin > > issuing photo IDs in accordance with a controversial new voter photo ID law > > adopted earlier in the year. > > > As laid out in the memo, failure to check a box when applying for photo ID > > with the Division of Motor Vehicles will result in the payment of $28. > > Interviews conducted about the memo suggest the state is more interested in > > continuing to charge the fee, which is required for a photo ID used for > > non-voting purposes, than it is in removing all barriers and providing easy > > access to a free, photo ID. > > > "While you should certainly help customers who come in asking for a free ID > > to check the appropriate box, you should refrain from offering the free > > version to customers who do not ask for it," Krieser writes to employees. > > > Krieser, who was recently promoted to executive assistant to the DOT > > secretary, instructs staff that customers should "self certify" their > > eligibility for the free ID. They can do that, he writes, if they meet the > > documentation requirements; if they are at least 17 years old; if they have > > checked the correct certification box on the new forms; and, most > > significantly, if they are "asking for a product that is available for free > > issuance." > > > The law, passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature and signed by Gov. > > Scott Walker on May 25, requires Wisconsin residents to present > > identification before they can vote. Republicans said it was necessary to > > combat voter fraud. > > > Acceptable forms of identification under the law include Wisconsin driver's > > licenses, certain student identification cards, passports, and voter > > identification cards for the thousands of residents who may not have any of > > those documents. > > > Democrats fought hard against the > > law<http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_ceaa...>, > > and the internal memo will likely provide further ammunition to charges that > > it is a modern-day version of the poll taxes once used to disenfranchise > > voters in the South, most of them African-American. Typically under those > > laws <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_tax>, citizens were required to > > pay to vote unless they had a father or grandfather who had voted prior to > > the abolition of slavery. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1966 that such > > laws were unconstitutional. > > > "It was clear to me from the beginning that people would be disenfranchised > > because of this law," says state Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D- Madison, after > > reading a copy of the memo. "Now we have the proof that people are not going > > to be getting these IDs unless the say the ‘magic words.'" > > > Similarly, Scot Ross of One Wisconsin Now describes the memo as "the > > smoking gun" proving the legislation was always about denying people the > > right to vote. The director of the progressive advocacy group has for months > > disputed the GOP contention that the bill was needed to thwart massive > > voting fraud, citing the fact that fewer than two dozen people were charged > > with casting improper votes in the 2008 state elections. > > > But Krieser defends the directive he gave employees, saying in an interview > > Tuesday that when the law was written, it did not contain language that > > requires Division of Motor Vehicles employees to specifically ask those > > requesting a photo ID if they would be using it to vote or for another > > purpose. > > > "If the person initiates that direction, then certainly, we will help them. > > We will not be coy," Krieser says. "But we still are not going to be selling > > it at the counter as a free ID." > > > Since July 1, roughly 8,000 new IDs were issued and roughly 10,300 were > > renewed, according to figures supplied by the Department of Transportation. > > Of those roughly 18,300 IDs, nearly 59 percent were issued at no cost. > > > Michael Pyritz, a legislative aide to Rep. Jeff Stone, R-Greendale, who > > sponsored the voter ID bill, says given that there are numerous other > > reasons people need photo ID aside from voting, the intent of the law was > > not to have anyone without an ID to "all of a sudden" get a free one. > > > "But if they need it for voting, they can get a free ID," he says. > > > Robert Kraig, the executive director of the progressive advocacy group > > Citizen Action of Wisconsin, however, scoffs at claims that the policy as > > outlined in the memo is designed to prevent the public from ripping off the > > state by obtaining free identification cards for purposes other than voting. > > > "That is absurd. They are the ones who created this whole situation by > > passing this law," Kraig says, adding that if some people get free cards > > when they would not have before, "well that's the state's problem." > > > Reid Magney, a spokesman for the accountability board, says that while the > > DMV is not required to say the cards are free, the board will be launching a > > major public education campaign about the voter photo ID law in January. One > > of the campaign's main messages is that the state ID is free if you ask for > > it, he says. > > > In the meantime, Krieser says the Department of Transportation is planning > > to place signs at each of the DMV service offices that say people need to > > check the box on the form in order to receive an ID for free. 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