Dear Sen. Kapenga

Perhaps you, Sen. Kapenga, will be interested in 'how it works' in Wisconsin.

...Remember, votes require people – ballots require systems.

Any institutional system that can link people into the [Wisconsin Election Commission's] system to generate a larger registration file for ballot distribution is a net positive.  The key point is not to generate voters, the key is to generate ballots – the more the better.  Mass printing of ballots is the origin of the electioneering process.

Any state or federal system that links a physical identity to the [Wisconsin Election Commission] voter rolls is good.  Any system, like the USPS postal change of address system, that would remove physical identities from the state voter rolls is not useful.  The goal is to maximize the number of systems that generate registration, that eventually generates ballots.

Beyond the Driver’s License issue, it’s everything.  Sign up for public assistance, get registered to vote.  Sign up for state benefits, get registered to vote. Sign up for a state id, get registered to vote. Sign up for state college, get registered to vote. Sign up for a grant, get registered to vote. Sign up for unemployment, get registered to vote. Sign up for any state system and get registered to vote.  Get married, change names, change addresses, etc, that’s how the voter rolls expand and that’s how the massive distribution of ballots is created.

The states then fight against anything, any effort, any process, that would purge voter rolls or fix incorrect voting rolls.  To use the new electioneering system, the system operators need ballots created, they no longer need votes.  They need ballots....

See how this works, Senator?  Now  you know why voting legislation did not force WEC to 'clean the rolls,' but rather, the locals.  The locals will not be audited--especially in the counties of Milwaukee, Dane, Racine, Brown, and Kenosha.  Even if they were, who would prosecute the offending clerks?

Read the entire essay at the link above.  You can bring it to the attention of Rep. Vos, who may or may not give a damn.

But we do.