When a 90-yr old WWII vet of Iwo Jima battle can’t use veteran ID to vote, something has to change

From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (courtesy of Election Law Blog):

A state Supreme Court justice on Tuesday urged Gov. Scott Walker to allow people to use veterans ID cards to vote after her uncle who fought at Iwo Jima was unable to cast a ballot in last week’s primary election. “It makes no sense to me that this proud patriot with a veterans card displaying his photo would be turned away from the polls and denied the right to vote,” Justice Ann Walsh Bradley wrote to the Republican governor.

In her letter, Bradley said her uncle had fought at Iwo Jima, the bloody World War II battle that was immortalized in a photo of the U.S. flag being raised on the tiny Pacific island.

Bradley’s uncle, Leo Olson of Reedsburg, tried to use his veterans ID card to vote in last week’s primary for a seat on the state Supreme Court, but that form of identification can’t be used under the state’s voter ID law.