From the Huffington Post:

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has announced he will not end same-day voter registration in the state, after a report concluded it would cost $5.2 million to do so.

"There is no way I'm signing a bill that costs that kind of money," Walker told reporters on Wednesday, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

The announcement is a sharp reversal for Walker. In a Nov. 16 speech, he called for the repeal of the state's same-day registration law, which has been in place since 1976 and is often credited with boosting voter turnout.

"States across the country that have same-day registration have real problems because the vast majority of their states have poll workers who are wonderful volunteers, who work 13-hour days and who in most cases are retirees," he said at the time. "It's difficult for them to handle the volume of people who come at the last minute. It'd be much better if registration was done in advance of election day. It'd be easier for our clerks to handle that. All that needs to be done."

But poll workers and county clerks disputed Walker's assessment. Opponents of ending same-day registration said doing so would amount to voter suppression.

I said in an earlier post today that lax voter standards result in opening the door for the lazy and easily-influenced. Were I a less scrupulous person I would take advantage of the knowledge and position. But I, sadly, wouldn't let that happen.