State Sen. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse will introduce a bill protecting an individual’s fundamental right to vote, according to a statement Friday.
Shilling said she will introduce the ‘Right to Vote’ act in direct opposition to recent GOP bills limiting voting hours, preventing absentee voting and eliminating same-day voter registration.
"It's time to stop putting up barriers and making it harder for Wisconsin citizens to vote," Shilling said in the statement.
Shilling said she hopes there will be bipartisan support for her “common sense proposal” to ensure that every qualified person has a “constitutional right to cast their vote.”
United Wisconsin Director Lisa Subeck applauded Shilling in for protecting “the right of every eligible Wisconsin citizen to exercise his or her fundamental right to vote.”
“It is time to stop playing politics with voting rights, and once and for all state that the right to vote is sacred,” Subeck said in the statement.
Legislators have until Monday afternoon to cosponsor the proposal.
