Dear Scott Walker: Wisconsin's Photo ID Law Did Not Work 'Just Fine'

Leroy Switlick has voted for 46 years in his hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. But Switlick, who is legally blind, was unable to obtain a piece of photo identification that would comply with the state’s strict new voter ID law to cast a regular ballot in Tuesday's primary.  

Wisconsin is one of 17 states with new restrictions on voting in place for this year’s presidential election. Republicans like Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who signed the state’s voter ID law in 2011, say such requirements prevent voter fraud, even though in-person impersonation fraud almost never occurs and over 300,000 potential voters in Wisconsin were estimated to lack a qualifying form of ID when the law was challenged in court.