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Article: Voter registration to be merged statewide
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 23, 2004
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Voter registration to be merged statewide
But cities and counties just beginning to face logistical
'nightmare'
By MEGAN TWOHEY mtwohey@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
A new statewide voter registration system that is taking shape
under a federal order will give officials an unprecedented
opportunity to identify voter fraud in Wisconsin.
But some worry that implementing the new system could prove
difficult because it involves consolidating information from the
state's 1,850 municipalities, most of which have not been required to
register voters in the past.
Also unclear is whether state funding for the system -- as much as
$1.5 million -- will materialize.
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