@Baldimo,
California has no requirement to show a voter ID so I saw no reason to respond to that. If you want me to, I can. My response would be bringing up California shows you are uninformed about voter ID laws.
I didn't see any reason to research Colorado since I am very familiar with Wisconsin.
I don't know much about WI? Wow.
The average distant between towns is meaningless when we are talking about the distance needed to travel to find a DMV license bureau that is open 5 days a week.
Your girlfriend lives in Waupun.
Waupun does not have a license bureau.
She is 14 miles from Beaver Dam. Beaver Dam is open 5 days a week.
Good for her. Now, how long will it take her to drive there and back? Hmm... I'll bet it takes her 40 minutes. Now how does she do that if she works a low paying job that requires her to be there every day or she can't make ends meet? This is a small town in Wisconsin after all. There will be many low paying jobs such as waitress and cashier at the local food mart.
But then there is this...
Quote:in fact a regular occurrence for people who work or even leave the towns they live in
Ah.. those people that don't leave the towns they live in end up precisely where I said they would. If they don't drive, they can't go get an ID, can they? I wonder how many senior living facilities are in Waupan? I find at least one. I wonder how many of the people living there no longer drive.
Now imagine your girlfriend lives in Black River Falls, Wi., a town of 3,000. Black River Falls has a DMV but it is only open 2 days a week. The nearest 5 day a week DMV location is La Crosse which is 46 miles away.
Now imagine she lives in Cornell, a city of 1500. The closest DMV is 38 miles away in Eau Claire.
Or how about New London, a town of 8,000. The nearest DMV is in Appleton which is 25 miles away.
Or the town of Clintonville, a town of 4000. The nearest DMV is only open 2 days a week and is 15 miles away. The neatest DMV open 5 days a week is 42 miles away in Green Bay. You pass through 4 town that have no DMV. So you see the 10 miles between town is meaningless when we are talking DMV's open 5 days and how far you have to drive to find one.