Some good news out of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin voters approve referendum question, voter ID law now part of state constitution
By: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 1, 2025;
Wisconsin’s decade-old requirement that voters show a photo ID is now permanently part of the state constitution after voters approved the referendum question at the bottom of the April 1 ballot.
With only 5% of the vote total recorded and about 20 minutes after polls closed at 8 p.m., Decision Desk HQ projected the referendum question passed, about 70% to 30%.
Republicans placed the question on the ballot in hopes of protecting the law from being overturned by a liberal-controlled state Supreme Court. While the court does not currently have a case challenging voter ID, it
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