Sen. Joe Leibham (R-Sheboygan), co-author of AB-7, motioned to table every amendment to the voter ID bill.
Senate Democrats spent over nine hours proposing amendments to the Voter Identification Bill (AB-7) Tuesday, only to have Sen. Joe Leibham (R-Sheboygan) motion to table each amendment. Each motion passed along party lines, and all of the Democrats' amendments were tabled without debate from Senate Republicans.
A list of the amendments follows.
Amendment 1 (substitute) restores vouching, returns 10-day residency period, allows current student photo IDs and allows for the use of an expired state ID card, more. - Minority Leader Mark Miller (D-Monona)
Amendment 2 would ensure disabled community's ability to vote absentee, verify disability at polls. - Sen. Fred Risser (D-Madison)
Amendment 3 would prevent firearms in polling place, regardless of whether concealed carry law is passed. - Sen. John Erpenbach (D-Middleton)
Amendment 4 allows voters to submit a sworn affidavit if they do not have proper identification, preventing possible provisional ballots issues. - Sen. Jim Conover (D-Green Bay)
Amendment 5 would include government-issued state and local IDs to the list of acceptable identification and expand residency requirements beyond ward boundary lines to include residency within entire district. - Sen. Tim Carpenter (D-Milwaukee)
Amendment 6 exempts individuals 65+ from AB-7 requirements because they are a group who would be burdened by the bill and "would never commit fraud." - Sen. Jim Holperin (D-Conover)
Amendment 7 exempts absentee voters with a witness from requirement to mail in copy of photo identification. - Sen. John Erpenbach (D-Middleton)
Amendment 8 allows for corroboration if corroborator has legitimate state IDs, makes further adjustments to use of military ID in spring election. - Sen. John Erpenbach (D-Middleton)
Amendment 9 changes requirements to student identification cards to make current cards compliant. - Sen. Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee)
Amendment 10 lowers the residency requirement from 28 to 10 days. - Sen. Spencer Coggs (D-Milwaukee)
Democrats motion to send AB-7 back to committee for further review and to "reduce confusion," motion voted down along party lines.
Amendment 11 expands of Department of Motor Vehicles hours and accessibility. - Sen. Spencer Coggs (D-Milwaukee)
Amendment 12 requires maps in polling places to reduce voter and poll-worker confusion about residency, location. - Sen. Spencer Coggs (D-Milwaukee)
Amendment 13 restores straight party-ticket voting. -Sen. Robert Jauch (D-Poplar)
Amendment 14 increases hours of rural DMVs for increased accessibility. - Sen. Robert Jauch (D-Poplar)
Amendment 15 empowers the Government Accountability Board to create information and do outreach about changes under bill. - Sen. Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee)
Amendment 16 removes the requirement that photo ID include current voters' address. - Sen. John Erpenbach (D-Middleton)
Amendment 17 funds a GAB public information campaign for voters. - Sen. Spencer Coggs (D-Milwaukee)
Amendment 18 requires mobile identification stations for accredited campuses for students to receive identification in weeks before election. - Sen. Kathleen Vinehout (D-Alma)
Amendment 19 creates mobile ID stations for highly impoverished areas. - Sen. Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee)
Amendment 20 allows a signed affidavit for the homeless and those in transitional living situations. - Sen. Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee)
Amendment 21 provides education and outreach on absentee ballot requirements. - Sen. Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee)
Amendment 22 restores GAB ability to appoint special deputies as needed. - Sen. John Erpenbach (D-Middleton)
Amendment 23 prevents need to pay fee for second ID (i.e., if driver's license is lost). - Sen. Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee)
Amendment 24 pays for those who need a secondary document (i.e., birth certificate) to obtain necessary ID. - Sen. Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee)
Amendment 25 requires DMVs to stay open longer and give priority to those seeking IDs in the weeks prior to voting. - Sen. Kathleen Vinehout (D-Alma)
Amendment 26 clarifies the definition of "general election" under AB-7. - Minority Leader Mark Miller (D-Monona)
Amendment 27 adds Department of Natural Resources-issued hunting and fishing licenses to the list of acceptable identification. - Sen. Kathleen Vinehout (D-Alma)
Amendment 28 allows voters to split their ticket and vote outside of a single party during partisan primary elections (an action Wisconsin law currently prohibits). - Sen. Tim Carpenter (D-Milwaukee)
Amendment 29 makes nicknames or alternate titles acceptable if difference between polls and identification cards exists. - Sen. Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee)
