The state Assembly passed a package of election reform bills in a late-night session Thursday, including a bill that would provide limited exemptions from the 2011 Voter ID Law.
The package also includes bills that would standardize absentee voting, limit recall elections, establish voting procedures for residential care facilities and eliminate the requirement that election officials tally “joke” write-in votes on election night.
“I am pleased that the state Assembly approved a package of reforms today that will
strengthen the integrity of our elections in Wisconsin,” Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said in a statement Friday.
State Rep. Andy Jorgenson, D-Milton, criticized Assembly Republicans in a statement Thursday, saying they participated in “voter suppression” with voter ID limitations.
“[O]ur final day of session revolved around the interests of a Majority so set on
maintaining their grip on power that they have no qualms about undoing Wisconsin’s proud legacy of good government and clean elections,” Jorgenson said in the statement.
