Governor Evers wants to include automatic voter registration in the new state budget.
The governor delivered another budget preview yesterday, this time focusing on voting. The governor wants to link the DMV and Elections Commission databases to automatically register voters in the state. He also wants to bring voter registration back to high schools, change UW student IDs to become voter ID-eligible, lower the number of days someone needs to live in Wisconsin before they can vote in the state, and make it easier for people to vote absentee. Evers is also proposing more money for local elections offices.
None of the governor’s voting suggestions are likely to make the final state budget. Governor Evers will deliver that full state budget tomorrow.
