Court decision to impact student voters

Students will likely not need to show a valid form of identification when at a polling place or registering to vote absentee for the recall elections May 8 and June 5.

University officials developed a new identification card that students could vote with, after the voter ID law passed last summer. It was one of many campus drives to educate students of the changes to voting after the law ruled current student IDs insufficient.

Danny Umhoefer from the UW-Madison Student Vote Coalition, an organization dedicated to educating students about elections, said the decision makes the registration and education process easier for students.

“But we are trying to tell students that they still might need them in the future,” Umhoefer said.