MADISON, WI (AP)-- The Wisconsin state elections board wants to spend about $461,000 to educate residents over the next five weeks about the voter identification law that will be in place for the November 4 election.
The Government Accountability Board said Tuesday that it has asked the Legislature to make the money available for a statewide television, radio and online education campaign.
Voters will have to present valid photo ID at the polls for the first time since a low-turnout 2012 spring primary. The law had been blocked by the courts, but the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said on Sept. 12 that the law could be reinstated.
Judges on the court split 5-5 on a request that the full panel reconsider that decision. Both sides issued opinions Tuesday explaining their reasoning.