Republicans Double Down on Voter ID

“Wisconsin voters will decide Tuesday whether to add their 10-year old voter ID requirement to the state’s constitution. Soon after that, lawmakers will vote on whether to require a government ID that proves the holder’s citizenship before registering to vote,” Semafor reports.

“Both are Republican priorities, opposed by Democrats. But the two major parties’ coalitions are shifting — and the old assumption that Republicans appealed to the affluent voters most likely to have their paperwork in order, while Democrats mobilized less educated, poorer Americans who sometimes lack documents like drivers licenses and passports, is no longer clear.”

“An academic study last year suggested that ID requirements — especially in the sort of lower-turnout races where Democrats now thrive — don’t threaten the party as they used to, when it has sued on the grounds that the rules discriminated against Black voters.”