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Charge for voter IDs is poll tax, ACLU says

Chi Ab Vang
March 8, 2012

The Chippewa Valley chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union recently sent a letter to the UW-Eau Claire Student Senate  stating that having students pay $2 for university-supplied voter IDs is considered a poll tax and goes against the 24th Amendment. The 24th Amendment states that it is the... Read more »

UW-Eau Claire’s voter IDs

The Spectator Staff
March 1, 2012

Because of the state’s new voter ID bill, UW-Eau Claire has begun selling voter IDs for $2 each.  The bill rendered Eau Claire’s current student IDs ineffective in the voting process. Recently, a local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to university officials chiding the... Read more »