Post by Logan on Feb 17, 2016 3:26:23 GMT -6
Assembly OKs online voter registration, eliminates special registration deputies
The Assembly early Wednesday morning passed a bill allowing online voter registration in Wisconsin — but which critics say will halt some voter registration drives.
The bill would make Wisconsin the 31st state in which online registration is permitted, a move that has broad support.
Civic groups such as League of Women Voters have assailed a controversial provision in the bill that eliminates so-called Special Registration Deputies, or SRDs, from state law. Election clerks deputize SRDs to aid civic groups in conducting registration drives at senior centers, college campuses and public events.
Supporters of the bill have dismissed concerns that it will halt registration drives. With online registration, they say special registration deputies no longer will be needed because anyone could help a voter register online using tablets or other mobile devices.
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/assembly-oks-online-voter-registration-eliminates-special-registration-deputies/article_0b76ecfb-3ae5-5e21-b85c-f562a9746ed7.html
The Assembly early Wednesday morning passed a bill allowing online voter registration in Wisconsin — but which critics say will halt some voter registration drives.
The bill would make Wisconsin the 31st state in which online registration is permitted, a move that has broad support.
Civic groups such as League of Women Voters have assailed a controversial provision in the bill that eliminates so-called Special Registration Deputies, or SRDs, from state law. Election clerks deputize SRDs to aid civic groups in conducting registration drives at senior centers, college campuses and public events.
Supporters of the bill have dismissed concerns that it will halt registration drives. With online registration, they say special registration deputies no longer will be needed because anyone could help a voter register online using tablets or other mobile devices.
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/assembly-oks-online-voter-registration-eliminates-special-registration-deputies/article_0b76ecfb-3ae5-5e21-b85c-f562a9746ed7.html