A proposed amendment to the Wisconsin State Constitution requiring voters to present a photo ID card before casting a ballot is headed for a vote of the people on April 1.
The amendment cleared its last hurdle on Jan. 14 when the Republican-controlled state Assembly voted to place the proposal on the statewide election ballot.
Before the vote in the Assembly, Speaker Robin Vos (R-63rd District) told members he was looking forward to the measure passing with bi-partisan support because polls, he said, show that an overwhelming majority of the public agree with it.
Also appealing to Democrats for bipartisan support for the proposal, state Rep. Ron Tusler (R-3rd District) said, “You can be a Democrat without being a Madison liberal.”…