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Voter registration declines with election law changes

Garret Payne was having a bad day. A junior at UW-Madison, Payne dutifully went to the polls on Wisconsin’s April 5 primary only to be told that his Illinois driver’s license was not enough for him to vote. An annoyed Payne was forced to trek to Union South to get a voting ID but he said he would not be deterred by the state’s voter ID law, signed into law in 2011 and put into place in 2016 after various legal challenges.


STATE NEWS

Wisconsin Dems vote to alter superdelegate system

Wisconsin Democrats voted to adopt resolutions calling for change to the party’s superdelegate system at the state convention Saturday. One passed resolution requests that the Democratic party abolish superdelegates in the 2020 presidential nomination.


Gov. Scott Walker criticized faculty opposition to UW-System President Ray Cross in a statement Tuesday.
CAMPUS NEWS

Gov. Scott Walker blasts 'no confidence' votes in statement

Gov. Scott Walker blasted faculty opposition to UW System President Ray Cross in a statement Tuesday, just hours before the state’s second largest public university took a vote on a “no confidence” measure on Cross. UW-Milwaukee faculty voted without opposition to approve the “no confidence” measure Tuesday afternoon.


CITY NEWS

Poor weather keeps Mifflin turnout relatively low

No serious issues were reported throughout Saturday during the wet and muddy 2016 Mifflin Street Block Party, according to the Madison Police Department Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain. DeSpain estimated about 3,500 people attended the event at any one point Saturday.


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