DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a>: What to know about April's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterID</span></a> ballot referendum</p><p>By: Emilee Fannon, Mar 27, 2025 </p><p>MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) -- "Voters will not only have to present a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PhotoID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhotoID</span></a> to vote on April 1, but they'll also be asked about adding that requirement to the state constitution.</p><p>"It's part of a constitutional amendment that will appear on ballots across the state.</p><p>"The ballot referendum asks voters, 'shall section 1m of article III of the constitution be created to require that voters present valid photographic identification verifying their identity in order to vote in any election, subject to exceptions which may be established by law?'</p><p>"A 'yes' vote would enshrine Wisconsin's voter requirement in the state constitution, a move that would make it harder for a court to strike down the law or for lawmakers to repeal.</p><p>"Voting 'no' would not add the state's voter ID law to the constitution.</p><p>"If the ballot measure is approved or rejected, little would change for Wisconsin voters because the existing photo ID law has been on the books for nearly a decade, said Bryna Godar at the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School.</p><p>"However, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> lawmakers who authored the amendment say it's designed to protect the law from legal challenges in wake of the state Supreme Court gaining a 4-3 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LiberalMajority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiberalMajority</span></a> in 2023."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.cbs58.com/news/what-to-know-about-aprils-voter-id-ballot-referendum" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbs58.com/news/what-to-know-ab</span><span class="invisible">out-aprils-voter-id-ballot-referendum</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WisconsinPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WisconsinPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsPutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsPutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a><br>Are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LiteracyTests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiteracyTests</span></a> Next? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterDisenfranchisement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterDisenfranchisement</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>