Rep. Barca also called for a full investigation and report from the Department of Administration and Department of Transportation on the outages.

Earlier today, an hours-long state server failure affected the Department of Transportation’s ability to issue photo IDs on the second-to-last business day before the April election. Many Government Accountability Board (GAB) voter-related applications also failed, causing outages for the local clerks throughout the state on the final day of early voting in Wisconsin. In response, Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca (D-Kenosha) issued the following statement:

“It is unfortunate and troubling that these critical state computer systems were down so close to the April election. I am deeply concerned that voters were inconvenienced or, worse yet, disenfranchised by these failures.

“Even more outrageous is the fact that Wisconsin Republicans have put in place so many restrictions on voting in this state. From their severely restrictive voter ID law to severely limited hours for early voting, the barriers Republicans have created for voting are shameful.

“I call for the state to make every accommodation possible to ensure that voters are able to obtain identification for voting and access the ballot box.

“Today I am joining my Democratic colleagues in demanding longer DMV hours this weekend to ensure voter registration and for Gov. Walker and others to lift the voter ID requirement for Tuesday’s election, given these deeply troubling developments.”

Rep. Barca also called for a full investigation and report from the Department of Administration and Department of Transportation on the outages.