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While the rest of the US had massive voter turnout in 2016, in parts of #Wisconsin, voting fell off a cliff. Which parts? In Black-majority Milwaukee, turnout plummeted from 66 percent to 56 percent of the voting-age population. That’s strange... https://www.gregpalast.com/wisconsin-eats-its-young/
And #Wisconsin’s student vote evaporated. Nationwide, only two states recorded a drop in student voting. Wisconsin’s drop was breathtaking: In-precinct voting by students declined by a third, from 67 percent to 49 percent. https://www.gregpalast.com/wisconsin-eats-its-young/
They didn’t need to drag #Wisconsin’s lakes to find the missing students and Black voters. They were disappeared in plain sight by the Republican legislature under laws crafted by Wisconsin’s radical-right governor, Scott Walker. https://www.gregpalast.com/wisconsin-eats-its-young/
One new law required a government photo ID to vote. But the photo ID issued by the state to its 182,000 University of Wisconsin students did not qualify them for voting nor for registration.
How brilliant is that? Gun permits could be used to vote; but not student ID.
How brilliant is that? Gun permits could be used to vote; but not student ID.
What was particularly devastating was that the law was ordered into effect by a court only two weeks before the 2016 election. Even those who knew of the change had little time to correct their lack of paperwork, even if they could. https://www.gregpalast.com/wisconsin-eats-its-young/
But this is about 2020. Trump has already stolen the election. But, if we raise hell and raise the warning, we can steal it back. Find out how: http://GregPalast.com/hts2020
