indycolt: Certified birth certificates are available at the court house, not sure what proof you need for obtaining one, I am sure a SS card, along with a school id (all high schoolers have to have a school id in JVL)and perhaps a report card, or some form of mail. Or perhaps a copy of the paperwork from signing up for selective services( required of all 18 year old males) If need be a parent could go with and be a whitness as to who the kids identity is.
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I am sure this young adult is going to need an id for many more things in life...a job is just one of them, and it would be in his best intrest to have one wether or not he decideds to vote.

"Merely less of a chance for a quality education than some others and less opportunity to jump through hoops to get an ID.".....Tell that to my daughters who went to the same Janesville public schools as this kid probably did. They walked the town till they found jobs. They joined the army to pay for school, and are now in college. Your sob story is pathetic....Call up Montel Williams, he loves the bleeding hearts.
save the sob story Indy. The kid could have had an ID if he wanted it

Wow that was really difficult. Not.

Maybe Indy should call the Gazette for an interview with this person, sounds like an amazing story. something seems to be missing in this story.

wislady: I won`t call you a fool as you did I. I will merely say that you are a "true piece of work". I`d bet a million dollars that you are single too, cause no man could ever put up with you.

If someone has attended school, is 18, and have NEVER had to have ID....something is wrong. You can't attend school with some ID, you need to be immunized, and you need medical documentation (which requires some type of identification).

saxcat: Merely less of a chance for a quality education than some others and less opportunity to jump through hoops to get an ID.

wislady: You obviously have never met my 18yr old neighbor boy who has no form of ID whatsoever. He will by the next election though when we vote Walker out. I guarantee it.

IndyColtFan
If you believe that someone is 18 years old, and has never had to prove his identity...then you are a fool.

are you suggesting, IndyColtFan, that a minority is somewhat less intelligent or responsible than the average non-minority?

Ok wislady, how do you get a "certified" birth certificate. I don`t know, and how the heck is a minority or young person supposed to know? What is a certified birth certificate? There are also other forms needed to get an ID, at least 2 by my count. In addition to a "certified birth certificate" one of these is needed: cert of marriage, cert of divorce, driv lic from another state,state ID card, tsa worker ID, military discharge paper+DD-214(what?), US gov&military dep cd, or a SS card. IN ADDITION TO the "certified birth certificate", and one of the previous ID`s one of these is also required: pay stub, mortgage document, utility bill, employee photo ID, dept of corrections doc, insurance pol, finan institution statement, college enrollment doc, certified school record, or gov-issued correspondence. THEN this 6 page pamphlet goes on to say that: Documents presented as proof must be original. Photocopies are not acceptable unless otherwise indicated above. The DMV will decline to accept any documents presented if it has reason to suspect the authenticity of the doc. Questionable doc may require additional review.
As I said before, it IS NOT EASY, especially for a minority or young person with no history.

"One of the hoops was an original birth certificate. A COPY of a birth certificate is not allowed"

Incorrect. A CERTIFIED copy is required.

http://gab.wi.gov/sites/default/files/pu...

I will be watching for the "story" on this.

analertcitizen
Feb 21, 2012 at 10:57 p.m.
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Posted on another site but need to make known;
I heard tonight, an eyewitness account of two vets, older, late 80's. turned away from voting because their ID's were expired. So sad to hear this news.

I picked up a pamphlet at my polling place last eve titled "How to obtain a free Wisconsin State ID for voting purposes". The 6 page pamphlet explains the "easy" (NOT) process requiring the many hoops to jump through. It was obviously written by a Republican to discourage people of lesser means from obtaining an ID. One of the hoops was an original birth certificate. A COPY of a birth certificate is not allowed, and that is merely hoop #1. Soon the only ones able to vote will be the rich folk, which we all know is the desired effect for the powers that be.

@-Justme- Picture yourself- late 80's- a vet of a foreign war- being driven by someone to VOTE- and being told the NEW rules.They had their ( exprired) military ID's. Get off your high horse and start thinking ahead. You are mean.

The I.D. requirement has been written and talked about for months on radio, T.V.and in the papers.It's hard to believe that anyone would not be aware of this.

Pretty simple. Know where your polling station is located and bring your drivers license with you.
The whole process took about two minutes.

Posted on another site but need to make known;
I heard tonight, an eyewitness account of two vets, older, late 80's. turned away from voting because their ID's were expired. So sad to hear this news.

Totellthetruth, absentee voters are required to present ID unless they are on the permanent absentee voter list.

Using the ID was not a problem, but I very much do NOT like voting at the Municipal building as compared to the elementary school a few blocks from my house. How many times have I been advised as a small female to not walk around downtown alone at night, and what do I find myself doing in order to vote? Just that. The handful of parking stalls in front of the building were occupied so I parked in the empty lot nearby. What used to be a 5 minute experience including travel time became a 25 minute experience in which I didn't feel comfortable. I wish it were a location with a more "secure" parking area such as a church, school or library. The only cop I saw was two blocks away arresting someone at Burger King. Oh well...made it out alive this time :) When I was growing up, my mother was assaulted twice downtown around 6pm (she worked at a local business), so I guess I still have some of that fear within me!

Judge- 6 are running today we delete 4 of them sigma.

Thank you for that info guys. Hard to believe it would be that easy and free too, but I will try it.

Inycolt: he just needs to get a ID...get one FREE at the DMV just state it is for voting purposes ! As an 18 year old he will need some form of legal ID for many things, bank transactions, dr office visits, jobs, college, buying some cold meds etc... so he and others may as well go out and get one so he can vote too.
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It is not rock science on how to get an ID... they have been talking about it for months now ! Many things you do everyday requires a ID no sense not to have one.

IndyColtFan... all you had to do was take him down to the dmv to get his free state ID, which have been available for months now. And if he was so eager to vote, he would have done so himself.

This is a disappointing end to a great Wisconsin tradition of openness and trust, all to serve partisan vote suppression purposes, and at taxpayer expense.

I think that the Pubs making it harder to vote is disgraceful. My neighbor kid for instance is a 18 yr old Sr in HS, without a drivers license yet. How does he get to use his right to vote? I read that college ID`s w picture is acceptable, but what about him? I would have taken him to the polls for the first time today, but now I can`t, and who knows if he will ever vote now?

This might be a dumb question, but what is the election for today?

Parked at library- in and out within 5 minutes.