Tell Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to Stop Targeting Democrats and Keep DMV Centers Open
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The recent voter ID law in Wisconsin enraged voters as it stands to further hamper the disenfranchised from voting. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is now further complicating the issue by closing ten DMV centers, and thus making it more difficult for voters to acquire accepted forms of identification.
Walker's new bill seeks to shut down ten DMV centers, all of which are in Democratic districts. Why? The goal is to increase the hours of operation of DMV centers in Republican districts.
Walker's bias here is clear: Republicans in need of proper identification will have easier and more available access to it whereas Democrats will need to seek out centers outside of their districts.
Demand that Governor Walker either keep the DMV centers open or equally target Democrat and Republican districts to offer fair DMV access to both parties.
While the intentions behind shutting down ten DMV centers may be good, the execution demonstrates an unacceptable bias towards Republican districts.
With the new Voter ID law in effect it is more important than ever that people of all parties have equal access to DMV centers so that they may go about acquiring the proper forms of identification to be allowed to vote.
By targeting Democratic districts, it puts Democratic voters at a disadvantage in procuring identification, and ensures that Republican voters have more access than before.
As governor it is your responsibility to look out for all of your citizens and this means giving people of all parties fair access to DMV centers. Reform the bill to either keep the centers open, or close centers in both Democratic and Republican centers equally.
