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The Government Accountability Board yesterday discussed a new audit of the agency. GAB Director Kevin Kennedy explained why it is beneficial to have a single board which oversees both elections and ethics and to have the big decisions made by former judges rather than political appointees. (Click here and scroll to 1:01.) Particularly disturbing is that the federal funding for the GAB staff positions that oversee the Statewide Voter Registration System and the training of local elections officials is set to expire in six months. The League supports the nonpartisan GAB, and we believe the legislature should allocate funding for critical elections work to continue.

The League sent this letter to the Department of Transportation-DMV, which is writing rules for issuing free state ID cards for voting. We noted that, unlike the privilege to operate a motor vehicle, the right to vote is a fundamental citizen right. If we must have voter ID, the rules should offer maximum opportunity for citizens by imposing the minimum burden required to comply with the law.

Mark your calendar - The League's State Annual Meeting will be held at the Hotel Chequamegon in Ashland on June 5-6, 2015. More information will follow.

Check this out - Pamela Rewey, a member of LWV Dane County and the League's State Board, has been honored by Community Shares of Wisconsin as a December 2014 Backyard Hero
 
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