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Kathy Derene: Don’t discourage state voter turnout

When we should be encouraging our citizens to vote, why do some of our legislators want to restrict voting rights?…Assembly Bill 7 requires all voters to present a photo ID card, lengthens the residency requirements and makes it nearly impossible for students to use their university-issued ID cards for identification (which might require the University of Wisconsin to spend dollars it doesn?t have to create new IDs).