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Ben Wikler: “Republicans' voter ID law massively cut especially black…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 23:29

We're the fourth hardest state to vote in the entire country. We're the second hardest state to register to vote in the country. And by the way, if we don't win the assembly this time, Republicans' voter ID law massively cut especially black turnout in the state of Wisconsin. because Republicans knew that more than half of black Wisconsinites don't have driver's licenses. They knew that when they passed a law that requires a driver's license or another ID you get from the Department of Motor Vehicles when they passed it into law. (23:29–23:45)

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Asserts that the voter ID law in Wisconsin significantly reduced black voter turnout.

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