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Thousands of Wisconsin students from out of state will need to jump hurdles to cast their ballots Election Day, but the confusion of it all may stop them from going to the polls altogether. Some out-of-state students need special ID cards to be eligible to vote in this state, but students WISN 12 News spoke to said even those are difficult to get their hands on."UWM sent out a series of emails saying what we needed to do, but I found that none of them are really geared towards out of state students specifically," said Sierra Trojan, a senior from Illinois studying at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Student Molliee Theis from Carroll University said she doesn't know if her student ID will work and she has no idea how to show proof of residency because none of her apartment bills are addressed in her name. "They're, like, 'Well, you can use a proof of residency with a bill statement in the mail,' and I'm, like, 'Well, my roommates handle all of that,'" Theis said. The rules aren't even consistent through the UW system. Only four out of the 13 UW campuses have student IDs that can be used for voting. Students at the other nine campuses must go to their student unions with their proof of enrollment to get an assigned voter ID card. Neil Albrecht, executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, said this issue is a confusing problem for out-of-state students nationwide. "If your first attempt at voting turns out to be a discouraging experience, and you're not actually able to cast your ballot," Albrecht said. "It begs the question, Will you try to return again and try to vote in future elections?"