Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial on Voter ID

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“The best we can hope for is that lawmakers in Madison come up with a plan that’s fair for everyone.

But African-American voters in Milwaukee shouldn’t wait to see how it plays out, but rush to educate the community about what’s coming down the road. For years, some black males in Milwaukee have told me they don’t vote because they fear being caught up in the system for things like back child support payments, outstanding warrants or even traffic violations.


None of that is supposed to keep a person from voting, but it’s still the perception of many. That has to change.


With the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday on Monday, it’s a good time to remember when blacks were routinely denied the right to vote and vow to do whatever we can to keep it from happening again.


How many bubbles in a bar of soap, indeed.”