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Rebecca Newman: Retain student ID for voting purposes

With great traditions that define us, why is our state government trying to blast Wisconsin?s tradition of political activism by ramming the voter ID bill through the Legislature? I am an out-of-state student, but I have lived here for almost two years, so I consider myself a Wisconsin resident and voter. This voter ID bill would eliminate student IDs as an acceptable form of voter identification. Our ID cards are secure enough to be used as debit cards, so why not for voter registration?