Wisconsin ran voter ID ads in 52 movie theaters but none in Milwaukee

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Retweeted by Dave Weigel: https://twitter.com/daveweigel

Wisconsin ran voter ID ads in 52 movie theaters but none in Milwaukee, where 70% of African-Americans in state live http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/10/voter-suppression-wisconsin-election-2016/ …

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[lunasun]

1. Yes the entire city of Milwaukee lives in poverty

[dragonlady]

2. Could you explain your opinion a bit more fully?

In fact, there is a lot of poverty in Milwaukee, and much of it is found in the African American and Latino communities. Many of these people knew about the voter ID requirements (which changed and then changed back, resulting in much confusion) and had the required ID. Many did not. The point of this post is that the Walker administration went out of its way to avoid helping voters in Milwaukee, a major source of Democratic votes, to understand and comply with the ID law while giving that help to areas more likely to vote Republican. That's political and racial discrimination, and it's very wrong.

[lunasun]

3. And to write off the whole city as too poor to go to the movies so why run the PSAs about voter ID

in Milwaukee as an excuse to not show them in any theaters in Milwaukee is also very wrong
What a bunch of BS . How does that sound ?
maybe that explains my opinion a little clearer

[dragonlady]

4. Are you under the impression that Albrecht is excusing this failure?

He wasn't the one in charge of theater PSAs--that was the state. He's the director of Milwaukee's election commission and has done everything he legally can to help people vote. The election commission put out a lot of information about voter ID. The state's scheme was to say that it publicized this new law in theaters but hope no one notices that they skipped the Democratic stronghold (which by the way has the largest minority population in Wisconsin). Albrecht understands, correctly, that most of the people who don't already have a driver's license or state ID are those in poverty. His comments were clearly in reference to that portion of the Milwaukee population. He's pointing out that theaters were a deliberately ineffective way to get information to the people who need it most.

[getting old in mke]

5. I took a look at the filing referred to in the article

But couldn't find the document it referenced for the "not one of those was in Milwaukee". I was hoping to find the communities where it was run.

The reason I was wondering was that there aren't many movie theaters in the City of Milwaukee: Downer/Oriental and the newly reopened Avalon. All the rest are, I believe, in surrounding suburbs. It would be a stronger statement if it was "not one of those was in the Milwaukee area".

I certainly believe this, but I'm curious.

I live in Milwaukee but my closest theaters are in Wauwatosa.

[dembotoz]

6. thinking the same thing movie houses are pretty much in the burbs

guess city folks don't need to see dem talking pictures

just another example of how commercial development has flourished in the suburbs vs the city of milwaukee

you don't even notice it as it creeps along.....