<p>Wisconsin's in-person voter ID law requires valid IDs to have both photo and signature (most Wisconsin universities' ID cards do not have the signature). In addition, a tuition receipt is needed.</p>
<p>I am really glad you posted this. The whole point of the law seems to be confusion and disenfranchisement (for obvious political reasons). It’s only about 50 days until the election.</p>
<p>If they are out of state and not Wisconsin residents, shouldn’t they vote in their own state? (BTW I almost always vote Democrat.)</p>
<p>One could argue that a student who spends most of the year in school has more of a current political interest in the electoral politics at the school rather than his/her parents’ house, although it is the student’s choice to register in either place (though the student needs to watch for any hidden roadblocks to voting).</p>
<p>If the student chooses to vote based on his/her parents’ house address, then s/he needs to arrange for an absentee ballot in a timely fashion.</p>
<p>They have the right to vote where they attend school if they choose. They are residents for the 4 or however many years. Obviously they can’t vote in both that state and the one they came from.</p>
<p>I consider my daughter still a resident in my state not the state where she goes to school. She votes regularly by absentee ballot (they make it real easy in NJ - one form covers all votes for the entire year). I was surprised that she would even be able to vote in the state where she goes to college (Mass.) She will file taxes as a NJ resident, so why not vote here. (BTW - she did have to do jury duty in Mass - but that is a whole nother discussion!)</p>
<p>What if a student voted in both his/her home state and the state where he/she goes to school. Is there any system in place to guard against that?</p>
<p>Re: #6</p>
<p>Depends on whether or how states cancel voting registration after someone registers to vote in a new area. But that is not something unique to students – it applies to anyone who moves to a new area and registers to vote there.</p>
<p>They live more of the year where they go to school, and may even find jobs and stay there. I guess they’re as much residents there as anyone who moves every 4 years. If they work while in school they’d pay taxes locally too. Anyway, it was a supreme court decision in the 70’s that established that right. <a href=“http://www.brennancenter.org/student-voting”>http://www.brennancenter.org/student-voting</a></p>
<p>Don’t most states have absentee voting? MN allows absentee voting for any resident, so a student from MN can still vote no matter where they are beginning in September prior to a Presidential or Gubernatorial election. I also agree with others that a student should be able to vote in the state they are attending school. </p>
<p>Some states must have laws that override federal law. My son can not vote in TN where he attends school. He votes absentee in our home state.</p>
<p>According to that site he can vote in TN if he chooses. <a href=“http://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/student-voting-guide-tennessee”>http://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/student-voting-guide-tennessee</a></p>
<p>Yes, absentee voting is available, but if the student wants to do absentee voting based on his/her parents’ address, then s/he needs to get the absentee ballot ahead of time, rather than waiting until election day. I.e. a student who wishes to vote (either at the school address or at his/her parent’s address) needs to do some work beforehand to make sure that s/he will not be denied the right to vote.</p>
<p>I can go to my town hall and ask that they send my son an absentee ballot and they will.</p>
<p>I am not at all surprised Wisconsin is doing this. </p>
<p>My son is registered and votes in the state where he goes to college. </p>
<h1>11 if he chooses to get a TN drivers license.</h1>
<p>The whole residency thing is strange - not a resident so you pay out of state tuition - you are a resident to vote and serve jury duty - not a resident for taxes and driver’s license - and all of the above varies depending upon the states involved!</p>
<p>My son is from Wisconsin but at college in another state. He will be voting absentee in November.</p>
<p>BunHeadMom, as part of the obfuscation strategy of our current elected officials, people who already submitted absentee ballots before the court ruling now have to separately send a photocopy of a valid form of ID. Those who have yet to vote absentee can submit the ID at the same time. Of course, the state has no money to implement these changes, let alone the resources (or the interest) in communicating what people need to do. Moreover, they have closed DMVs (or restricted their hours) in many counties for all but a few days before the election. It’s partly for this reason that the case might be heard again. About 300,000 do not have any ID, and they may not be able to get it in time.</p>
<p>We also now have a militia group that is cross-checking the recall petition signatures against precincts where people vote and threatening to intimidate them at the polls. </p>
<p>I never thought I would live in such cynical times that people think the only way they can win elections is to confuse people or intimidate them into staying home.</p>
<p>you should not be allowed to show up to the polls claiming to be whoever you want and vote.</p>
<p>if you want to vote, follow the rules. it’s not that hard.</p>
<p>But soccerguy, that doesn’t happen. Instances of voter fraud are almost nonexistent in Wisconsin and elsewhere. The “rules” for centuries have not included photo ID, and the system has worked just fine.</p>
<p>When I vote in my precinct they ask me who I am and where I live. They check off my name before handing me a ballot and making me sign to say I was there. If I pretend to be someone else, that person then would show up and not be able to vote. So the very worst thing that could happen would be that the rightful owner of that one vote would not get to cast her ballot. Yes, that would be bad, but have you heard of that happening?</p>
<p>I think people who want voter ID AND genuinely support everyone’s right to vote owe it to their fellow citizens to become part of the solution. For instance, why can’t a student ID be proof of identity? How about a firearms license or library card? Why does it have to be only a few things? And how would you help people who might not have any record of their birth–i.e., elderly people who don’t have a copy of their birth certificate? What about people who can’t get off work on a weekday to get to the DMV and then go back a month or whatever later to vote? Would you drive out into the countryside to help homebound people get to the polls? What about people in the inner city who don’t have reliable transportation?</p>