Wisconsin voters approved a ballot measure on Tuesday that enshrines into the state Constitution the photo identification requirement in order to cast a ballot.
Approximately 63 percent of voters supported the ballot measure, while around 37 percent voted against it, according to an unofficial tally by The Associated Press.
Sen. Van Wanggaard (R-Racine), who co-authored the amendment, said the voter photo ID requirement will now become “the law of the land no matter the political whims of the Supreme Court or Legislature.”
“I want to thank the voters for overwhelmingly putting Voter ID into the constitution,” he stated on social media platform X. “Every elected Democrat and Susan Crawford oppose it.”
Judge Crawford is the Democrat-backed candidate who won the Wisconsin Supreme Court race on Tuesday, defeating Brad Schimel, a former attorney general who had President Donald Trump’s endorsement.
The requirement for voters to show valid photo identification before casting a ballot is already mandated by state law, which was passed in 2011 and went into effect in 2016. Adding it to the state Constitution will make it more difficult for the Legislature or courts to change it in the future.
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