Jeff Stone (Wisconsin politician)
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Jeff Stone | |
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.jpg) Stone in 2011 | |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 82nd district | |
| In office April 15, 1998 – October 14, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | James A. Rutkowski |
| Succeeded by | Ken Skowronski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 28, 1961 Topeka, Kansas, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Washburn University |
Jeff A. Stone (born January 28, 1961) is an American businessman and former politician. A Republican, he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1998 through 2013. He currently serves as chair of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.
Stone was born in Topeka, Kansas. He was raised in Zanesville, Ohio, and graduated from West Muskingum High School before returning to Topeka to attend Washburn University. He graduated from that institution in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and history, magna cum laude.[1]
Legislative career
After moving to Wisconsin, Stone served in the city council of Greenfield, Wisconsin, from 1994 to 1998. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in a special election in 1998. He was reelected seven times.[2]
Voter ID
In 2005, Stone co-sponsored a voter ID bill with Senator Joe Leibham of Sheboygan. The bill passed the State Assembly and Senate, but was vetoed by Democratic governor Jim Doyle.[3]
In 2011, Stone and Leibham introduced a similar voter ID bill providing more oversight and restrictions than past legislative proposals.[4] Stone stated that his bill will provide people working at the polls with the right tools to know if the person voting is the person they claim to be.[5] Opponents of the bill argue that the law will result in the suppression of votes of minority voters who don't have photo identification. Supporters argued that it would protect against the type of voter fraud allegedly observed in Milwaukee during the 2004 presidential election.[6]