# Can Scott Walker be re-elected Governor of Wisconsin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 20, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184 "2014-06-20T00:36:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/181 "2014-10-14T06:23:32Z")
Sigh. [http://usich.gov/resources/uploads/asset\_library/myths-homeless.pdf/](http://usich.gov/resources/uploads/asset_library/myths-homeless.pdf/) (PDF) > [@](#): > > MYTH: You need a photo ID to get SNAP benefits. > FACT: You need proof of identity. A photo ID is one way to prove identity. You can’t be turned down for SNAP benefits because you don’t have photo ID. You can use another ID like a work or school badge, a health benefits card, an ID from another social service, a pay stub, a birth certificate, or a voter registration card. The SNAP worker can also check your identity by calling shelter workers or employers. ---
**Author:** ![Hayden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/91b2a8/32.png) [@Hayden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hayden)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/182 "2014-10-14T06:52:46Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > Sigh. > > [http://usich.gov/resources/uploads/asset\_library/myths-homeless.pdf/](http://usich.gov/resources/uploads/asset_library/myths-homeless.pdf/) (PDF) Thank you for clarifying that. It appears I had used a faulty source. To be honest; I have no first hand knowledge of what is required to receive government assistance. However, you get the point. ID is required for the large majority of people and their everyday lives. Regardless, I think it is common sense that you should be required to prove your identity before voting. I know the WI legislation is/was quite restrictive at first, and I have no problem with it being modified to less stringent conditions, as long as an ID will be required in the end. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/183 "2014-10-14T07:23:26Z")
ID requirements should be roughly similar for most common tasks. Requirements for getting a job, boarding a plane, getting a hotel, and voting, should all be the same. Whether that means the requirements are stringent or lax is up to people above my pay grade, but for normal everyday life, people should not have to wonder what they’ll need to bring. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/184 "2014-10-14T14:49:42Z")
> [@](#): > > Requirements for getting a job, boarding a plane, getting a hotel, and voting, should all be the same. You can’t possibly believe that. One requirement for boarding a plane is paying a few hundred dollars. Similarly for getting a hotel. And getting a job, quite aside from meeting the job requirements, often requires providing a bank account for pay to be deposited into. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/185 "2014-10-14T16:57:02Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > ID requirements should be roughly similar for most common tasks. Requirements for getting a job, boarding a plane, getting a hotel, and voting, should all be the same. Whether that means the requirements are stringent or lax is up to people above my pay grade, but for normal everyday life, people should not have to wonder what they’ll need to bring. Whatever for? You have a constitutional right to vote, you don’t have the right to get a job, board a plane, etc. The requirements for voting should be low enough to let all qualified citizens vote without jumping through needless hoops. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/186 "2014-10-14T17:07:35Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > You can’t possibly believe that. One requirement for boarding a plane is paying a few hundred dollars. Similarly for getting a hotel. And getting a job, quite aside from meeting the job requirements, often requires providing a bank account for pay to be deposited into. I hate to defend adaher, but I think he apwas just referring to “ID requirements.” ---
**Author:** ![DJ\_Motorbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/187 "2014-10-14T17:56:27Z")
The voter ID law was not repealed. John Roberts and his fellow travelers delayed implementation of the law so that leftists can bus people up from the People’s Republic of Illinois to vote in Wisconsin’s election. John Roberts and his comrades set an injunction on a law that was passed **three fucking years ago** not on constitutional grounds, but for dubious reasons based on absentee ballots already cast which could have simply been grandfathered in. The law will be fully in force after the November election. There isn’t a goddamn thing anyone can do about it, because even if Burke manages to steal this election there is no way in hell the Assembly or Senate will flip and they’re not going to repeal the law. There will be no built in fraudulent voting for the left after this. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/188 "2014-10-14T18:05:12Z")
The left doesn’t depend on fraudulent voting. The right depends on erecting nonsensical barriers to voting in order to discourage Democratic-leaning demographics. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/189 "2014-10-14T20:17:56Z")
> [@DJ\_Motorbike](#): > > . . . there is no way in hell the Assembly or Senate will flip . . . Is this true? Anyone seen any projections? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/190 "2014-10-14T20:35:25Z")
[Scott Walker: the minimum wage “doesn’t serve a purpose”.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/14/scott_walker_the_minimum_wage_doesnt_serve_a_purpose/) ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/191 "2014-10-14T20:41:56Z")
> [@DJ\_Motorbike](#): > > The voter ID law was not repealed. John Roberts and his fellow travelers delayed implementation of the law so that leftists can bus people up from the People’s Republic of Illinois to vote in Wisconsin’s election. > > John Roberts and his comrades set an injunction on a law that was passed **three fucking years ago** not on constitutional grounds, but for dubious reasons based on absentee ballots already cast which could have simply been grandfathered in. > > The law will be fully in force after the November election. There isn’t a goddamn thing anyone can do about it, because even if Burke manages to steal this election there is no way in hell the Assembly or Senate will flip and they’re not going to repeal the law. > > There will be no built in fraudulent voting for the left after this. There isn’t any fraudulent voting now. You’re upset because you have bought into a false narrative fed to you by RW media. That you think the Dems are the ones trying to steal the election is exactly backwards. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/192 "2014-10-14T21:09:29Z")
> [@DJ\_Motorbike](#): > > John Roberts and his comrades … The most conservative Chief Justice in my lifetime has comrades? I’ve had no idea that since 1957 I’ve been living in the Soviet Union. Good to know, I guess. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/193 "2014-10-14T22:51:05Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > The most conservative Chief Justice in my lifetime has comrades? Well, obviously, if he weren’t a Communist he would have overturned the ACA! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/194 "2014-10-15T14:14:53Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Scott Walker: the minimum wage “doesn’t serve a purpose”.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/14/scott_walker_the_minimum_wage_doesnt_serve_a_purpose/) [And more . . .](http://www.thenation.com/blog/182089/scott-walker-thinks-725-living-wage-he-wrong) > [@](#): > > Reasonable people may differ on the precise definition of a living wage. But the consensus is that $7.25 an hour does not come close to the standard for assuring that someone who works full time can earn enough to live above the poverty line. > > Unfortunately, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s administration has formally rejected that consensus view and is now arguing that $7.25 an hour _is_ a living wage. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/195 "2014-10-15T14:40:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Procrustus** : > > I hate to defend adaher, but I think he apwas just referring to “ID requirements.” But the ID requirements are tied to those other things I mentioned. You need an ID when checking into a hotel room because you’re using a credit card. You’re not using a credit card when voting. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/196 "2014-10-15T15:31:45Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > But the ID requirements are tied to those other things I mentioned. You need an ID when checking into a hotel room because you’re using a credit card. You’re not using a credit card when voting. Nor are you using a credit card to apply for Social Security or welfare or food stamps or Medicaid. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/197 "2014-10-15T18:30:12Z")
[Nose to nose rounding the final turn between the incompetent and the unknown](https://twitter.com/MULawPoll/status/522437276144771072) No need to round in 47-47 gov’s total – both candidates got exact same number of supporters, 380. #mulawpoll Another Marquette poll. [Walker, Burke tied among likely voters in latest MU poll](http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/latest-marquette-poll-results-come-in-busy-week-on-campaign-trail-b99371330z1-279278392.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/198 "2014-10-15T19:03:06Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [And more . . .](http://www.thenation.com/blog/182089/scott-walker-thinks-725-living-wage-he-wrong) So… let me get this straight. You disagree with Gov. Walker on how robust a living wage is? And you’re right, and he’s wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/199 "2014-10-15T19:23:59Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > So… let me get this straight. You disagree with Gov. Walker on how robust a living wage is? > > And you’re right, and he’s wrong? Gov. Walker is basing his notion on ideology, not facts. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/200 "2014-10-15T19:24:38Z")
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is full of some very smart people who spend a lot of time and effort to study stuff. They say [that, by the numbers, Walker is wrong](http://livingwage.mit.edu/states/55/locations). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184.md?page=11)