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Originally Posted by Cardus

Students cannot get official IDs?

Rubbish.

In Wisconsin, all the Universities have to reissue new student ID's to meet the strict requirements of the new Voter Suppression Law.

A new state law requires voters to show a photo identification card at the polls. The law allows university students to use their student ID cards if those cards meet certain state requirements.

Vice Chancellor of Campus Life Vicki Hajewski said the student ID cards that UW-Superior began issuing at the beginning of this semester have been approved by the state to serve as voter ID cards for students.

In addition to displaying a student's name and photo, the new cards now include the student's signature and dates indicating when the card was issued and when it will expire. The signature and dates were needed for the cards to serve as valid identification for voting.

Changing the forms used for the ID cards involved a small additional expense, Hajewski said.

"For us it was an easy decision," she said. "We want our students to vote. Part of our mission is to education civic-minded students, so want to make it easy for them to vote."

In addition to the new student ID cards, students casting ballots in Wisconsin will need to prove they are a currently registered student, which can be done by printing a copy of their fee schedule through the E-Hive portal. They also will need to show proof of a local address.

That last paragraph? Pure voter suppression, and there is zero denying it. Zero.