[dirtboy]

Does anyone spot the yawning gap here?

But Platt and her boyfriend don't have forms of identification accepted at the polls, so they recently drove about 45 minutes to a Department of Motor Vehicles office in Hudson to each get an ID.

They encountered two problems.

The DMV office's computer system was down, which meant they couldn't get an ID processed. And they were told they didn't have the proper identification to get a state ID card or a Wisconsin driver's license, Platt said.

So they drove all that way without a valid driver's license? Seems to me like being unable to get ID to vote is the least of the issues here.

[WOBBLY BOB]

driver John has a driver’s license drom Iowa.

[oh8eleven]

So they drove all that way without a valid driver's license?
Excellent catch.
Plus, if they called DMV and were told they needed birth certificate or passport as valid proof, why did they drive to DMV if they didn't have either one?

[wita]

So they drove all that way without a valid driver’s license? Seems to me like being unable to get ID to vote is the least of the issues here.

Good catch dirt.

If I’m not mistaken, the FED has somehow mandated the new license requirements but not all states have begun to institute them, they are brutal, especially for divorced women who change their names back. Have a friend that took three months to get the required paperwork to renew her license.

I thought I had everything I needed when I went in, but needed another item that had my address on it. They suggested the proof of insurance carried in the vehicle. A run to the parking lot fixed that problem. That was after showing birth certificate and another item with local address on it.

[Kozak]

Bet they have ID for the liquor store and cigarettes....

[maggief]

"driver’s licenses from Iowa"

http://hudson-wi.patch.com/articles/couple-runs-into-difficulties-getting-voter-id-at-hudson-dmv

Like many people, John Wolfe and Rita Platt of Osceola had the day off from work on Friday, Nov. 23. They decided to make the 45-minute trip to Hudson's Department of Motor Vehicles office to obtain their driver licenses or at least an ID card needed to vote in upcoming Wisconsin elections. They left with neither, according to blogger Heidi Herron.

A WI Voices blog post tells their story. Wolfe and Platt went to the DMV with the out-of-state driver licenses they have been using since moving to Wisconsin 18 months ago. The DMV clerk told them that a certified birth certificate or a passport was needed for identification purposes, and that a social security card or pay stub would not suffice. If that weren't frustrating enough, the DMV’s computer system was down at the time, which further complicated the visit.

Both Wolfe and Platt will have to pay fees to acquire certified copies of their birth certificates (Wolfe from Virginia; Platt from California). Then they will have to make another trip to the Hudson DMV to once again attempt to file their paperwork.

Read the full story

[faucetman]

AND they had to drive a whole 45 minutes! Forty Five! I mean while they were gone they missed their children grow up. They missed the funerals of their parents. All the paint fell off their house. On a good note, their car went up in value as it became an antique while they were gone.

Give me a break! Send these people some cheese.

[BfloGuy]

So they drove all that way without a valid driver's license?

Wow. I think of myself as a careful reader, but that one flew right over me. Good catch.

[qman]

Even if they had an out of state drivers license, all states require new residents to apply for a new divers license with in usually 30 to 90 days of residency anyway. Clearly this reporter had a story he wanted to tell regardless of it’s accuracy.
This is the kind of reporting that makes people not trust the press! Where is the editor, is there no fact checking going on.