Wisconsin 'voter fraud'

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker skyrocketed to political fame over his efforts to get rid of unions for public services employees.   But, like so many Republican governors, he's been active on most conservative issues, including alleged voter fraud that supposedly justifies strict voter ID laws.

The Wisconsin voter ID law was challenged in the court system.   It has been upheld by 5-2 in the Wisconsin State Supreme Court and is currently on hold while that ruling is being appealed through the federal appeals courts.

However, in its ruling, the state Supreme Court cited only one example of actual voter fraud -- and it was committed by a fan of Gov. Walker.    This man apparently actually voted five times during the Walker recall election:   three times in person and twice by mail-in ballot.

His defense:   he says he has a form of amnesia and didn't remember that he had already voted.  That doesn't sound to me like any amnesia I know about.  The man actually voted using his own name;  so this was not a voter ID problem.  They just need a better computer system to show who has already voted.

The real irony here, though, is that -- despite this obvious lack of evidence of a problem -- the court decided to fix this non-existent problem.

Ralph