Wisconsin lawmakers are again asking the state Department of Transportation to turn over information on the tens of thousands of foreign nationals holding driver’s licenses and state-issued ID cards — records that would help check the possibility of noncitizens voting in Wisconsin elections.
The latest request follows a lawsuit first reported by The Federalist that demands the DOT and the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) do their jobs and use the data to stave off voter fraud in a swing state that will again play a crucial role in deciding a presidential election.
Failure to Communicate
In a letter to Kristina Boardman, incoming secretary of the Wisconsin DOT, the chairmen of the state legislature’s elections committees “humbly” but sternly request that the agency “share all information in its possession” on noncitizens holding DOT-issued Wisconsin licenses and state identification cards with the oversight panels. The lawmakers also request the information be shared with “other state agencies and entities (including the Wisconsin Elections Commission), in furtherance of our oversight of elections and ensuring that elections are being administered in accordance with the law.”
“I know your agency has electronic information that shows the names of the permanent non-citizen residents of Wisconsin who have received ID cards or drivers’ licenses from your agency,” wrote Sen. Dan Knodl, R-Germantown, chairman of the Senate Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, and Rep. Scott Krug, R-Nekoosa, chairman of the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections.
The chairmen know that the DOT has the information because
