I’ve never been a victim of burglary, but I still lock my door when I leave the house.

That won’t prevent me from ever becoming a victim of burglary, but it does help.

So let’s say the Democrats are right, and there is no voter fraud in Wisconsin. Just for the sake of argument, we’ll stipulate to that.

Hypothetically:

Tomorrow, I’m going to go down to my local clerk’s office and ask for a voter list. This will tell me the names and addresses of everyone who voted. I’ll also ask for a list of all registered voters.

By the next election, I’ll have compared the two already. I’ll know who’s registered to vote, but hasn’t voted in a while. Maybe I’ll have done a survey, to find out who on the registration list has moved away from the area.

Then, on election day, I’ll go to several polling places. Maybe twice each, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Especially if voter turnout is high, making the poll workers busy. And I’ll vote in one of those other names. There won’t be any reason for me to prove who I am, because the names are already registered, and we don’t have to show any I.D.

I’ll bring friends.

This wouldn’t work in my home town. It’s too small. But in Milwaukee, or Madison, or Green Bay, or Racine, or Kenosha, or Janesville…I bet it would. In fact, it would be easy. Just like walking through an unlocked front door and picking up whatever’s handy. The only difference: I’d notice if somebody stole something from my house. If somebody voted in my name in the town I moved away from five years ago, I wouldn’t notice.

According to our previous stipulation, none of this has ever happened. Just like I’ve never been burgled. But, since it would be so easy, shouldn’t we lock the door just in case?

Everybody else does.

Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin State Senate Passes Voter I.D.