Here's something Wisconsin does right: Same day election registration. I found out yesterday that to vote in New Jersey I must register atleast 21 days in advance. I had just moved into my apartment at that time. Very frustrating since I'm pretty sure I've voted at each major election since I turned 18. I know this helps voter fraud, but so does needing a drivers license when you register instead of just a bill. If you don't have a drivers license then you should need multiple forms of ID. Something that proves you are an American citizen.
As for the election results, it certainly evens things up a little on Capital Hill, not like the democratically controlled everything could get what they wanted passed when they had a super majority anyway. Less will probably get done now because there will be so little compromise. Both sides say they will compromise at the beginning, but that rhetoric will change in 5 months.
As for Wisconsin, I was a little surprised that both Johnson and Walker won. I expected one to win, but not both. I still hope the high speed rail goes in. The logic against putting it in is crazy. If we don't use the federal money it will go somewhere else, not back to the tax payer. We might as well use it in the state of Wisconsin. It was a political move against public spending that was used in the election, but it should stay in the election.
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