The $28 fee used to be $18 until the federally mandated REAL-ID act was passed. See the details here:
http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/...

This is a good start on making sure you are who you say you are when flying, cashing checks, entering federal building, etc. and could certainly help in voter fraud.

does anybody have good statistics on just how many voting age WI residents are without ANY form of photo ID? That means no passport, no military ID, no drivers license, no state ID card. Even an expired ID could be used to vote. After all, an expired (but once valid) photo ID is still proof that you are who you say you are and should be acceptable proof to vote.

realitybytes: The state ID card is not just $5. It actually costs $28 and, yes, that is a lot of money to some people. I know this because I was an RN at a plasma donor center and many of those coming in for their first time at selling their plasma had no state ID (or driver's license) and had no money to obtain the same. Unfortunately, without the official ID, they could not be a donor. I saw a lot of sad situations at that job; many first-time clients did not even have bus fare to get back home ... they had been counting on getting the $25 for their first donation. Back to the subject here; 195 felons wrongly casting ballots seems to be fewer than many people had been predicting. Personally, I don't understand why they can't vote regardless of whether incarcerated, on probation, or otherwise.

How much money are they spending on this? Magney should be convicted of felony mole hill building.

the voter fraud is bad enough but I would like to know more about these "votes"
1. were they absentee ballots?
2. where did they register?
3. Where were the voters from - all from 1 area (Milwaukee) or spread out throughout WI.
4. Who registered them? (Acorn maybe)

cmfnf is absolutely correct. However if the lawyers want to think of a $5 fee for an state issued identification card as a poll tax then they could make a state ID FREE to those who dont have another valid form of ID (such as a drivers license or passport)

You need a state ID for any number of things...cashing a check, writing a check, going to the doctor, etc. It isn't just a voting ID.

janesvillean: the problem isn't that somebody voted democratic or republican: it's that they voted when the law did not give them the right to vote.

mark_twain: I completely agree with you. However, the democratic party seems to think that asking for IDs will somehow keep the poor from voting. I fail to understand their rational for this. Many poor people already have a valid drivers license. Others have a valid state identification card. I'm sure that those poor that dont have proper ID could afford a 1 time fee of $5 to cover the cost of a state issued ID. Get a valid form of ID or don't vote. Simple. End of the majority of voter fraud. It needs to happen.

You don't even know which way these felons voted.

Honestly, don't have other more important things to do with our time and money!