Desperate times for democracy' in Wisconsin. MADISON, Wisconsin — Alfonzo Noble, a senior at Madison West High School, was excited to vote in this year’s Wisconsin primaries — but his state’s strict voter ID law posed a problem. Without a driver’s license, Noble would need to get a special voter ID card at the DMV, about 4.

And for that, he’d have to provide his birth certificate, his social security card, proof of his address, and even documentation of his name change after he was adopted.“I knew from the jump I was gonna need an ID,” said Noble, who is 1. African- American. But I didn’t think it was gonna be so hard to get an ID.”An estimated 3. Wisconsinites — disproportionately minorities and students — don’t have one of the limited forms of ID required to vote under the state law, which was signed in 2. Gov. Scott Walker.

The law was held up in the courts for years, and the presidential primaries are the first major election in which it’s in force. With Wisconsin shaping up to play a potentially pivotal role in November, voting rights advocates fear that the ID measure, which some call the nation’s strictest, could keep large numbers of would- be voters from the polls.

But the law is only part of a broader campaign waged in recent years by Walker and the state’s Republican legislature to change the rules of Wisconsin’s elections and reduce the power of Democratic voters. The campaign’s most high- profile battle was over the GOP- backed 2. But, mostly below the radar of the national media, it also has included an array of restrictions on voting, a ruthlessly effective gerrymander, and even the elimination of the widely respected non- partisan board that runs Wisconsin’s elections. The result has been to turn a state once renowned for the integrity and comity of its political culture into perhaps the most bitterly divided place this side of Washington, D. C. — and, say critics of Walker’s administration, to tilt the scales decisively toward the powerful and well- connected and away from ordinary Wisconsinites. RELATED: What the Wisconsin primary will (and won’t) tell us“It’s desperate times for democracy in Wisconsin,” said Mary Bottari of the Center for Media and Democracy, a progressive group that has often clashed with Walker and the GOP. The lawmaker and the Republican Party announced their intention to go after key Democratic constituencies not long after coming to power, when they muscled through a law that ended collective bargaining for public employee unions, striking a major blow against a key source of Democratic money and manpower. The move drew weeks of sit- in protests at the Capitol building in Madison, and round- the- clock national news coverage.

It also made Walker a favorite of national- level conservatives as he eyed a presidential run in 2. Headaches over voter IDBut once the cameras left town, Walker and the legislature continued their offensive. Two months later, the governor signed the ID bill, saying it was needed to prevent voter fraud — though there’s no evidence that in- person fraud was a problem. Interviews with Wisconsin voters like Noble revealed the range of ways that, with the primaries approaching, the law is turning voting into a major headache for many. After Steve Pasewicz moved to Racine last year, he never received an updated driver’s license in the mail. A staunch Bernie Sanders supporter, Pasewicz then tried to instead get a special voter ID.

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But a DMV clerk told him that doing so would remove him from the DMV database, meaning he’d be barred from driving as he looked for a job. In essence, Pasewicz, who is now homeless, faced a choice: Vote or drive. “My right to vote in this country is my right,” Pasewicz said. And now I’m gonna exchange my driving privileges for this right. And it’s hard enough to get a job as it is.”. MSNBC Live with Craig Melvin, 4/4/1. PM ET. The geographic breakdown of Wisconsin voters. Craig Gilbert of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and The Nation’s John Nichols discuss what makes this year’s primary race in Wisconsin unusual.

Then there are the hurdles faced by many students. Some state university IDs are accepted under the law but others aren’t — including those held by the 4. University of Wisconsin, Madison, since they don’t include a signature.

Hayley Young, a recent grad who’s running to represent a student- heavy Madison district on the county board, said the law has hugely complicated her task. “A big part of my campaign has had to be educating students on how to vote,” Young said. She believes the measure’s authors aimed to make voting harder for Madison students, who are often key to Democratic hopes in the state.

Four- year universities were really targeted in the way that the law was written,” Young said. Worsening the confusion, Republican lawmakers still haven’t approved funds for a public education campaign about the ID law’s requirements, as the measure called for them to do. Kevin Kennedy, who runs the state’s nonpartisan election board, said that’s left his agency unable to effectively get the word out.“Obviously if we’re not spending the money, or we don’t have the money to spend, there’s less opportunity for the message to get out,” Kennedy told MSNBC in his Madison office.

Plenty of Wisconsinites who want to vote still seem unsure about exactly what’s needed. Cammi Kangas, a student at a Madison- area technical college, was waiting in line Thursday at the Dane County clerk’s office to register and vote early, holding a slew of documents.

Was she confident she’d be allowed to vote? “Not really,” Kangas said. But we’ll see.”Harder to register and voters in the dark. The ID law isn’t the only voting restriction passed by the GOP in recent years. A series of laws has gradually made it more difficult to conduct voter registration drives, a key tool for registering poor and minority voters. First, in 2. GOP required anyone registering voters to be certified by the clerk of each municipality where they register people (until then, registrars could just get certified once by the state). Then, a new law required proof of residency when registering, meaning applicants had to make a copy of, say, their utility bill and send that in.

Finally, last month, a third law that established online voting also eliminated volunteer registrars entirely. That means groups conducting voter registration drives will now have to find a way to make copies of voters’ documents out in the field, since they can no longer vouch for having checked the voter’s address as they previously could. RELATED: Latest polls bring Wisconsin primary into focus.

Ingrid Rothe of the League of Women Voters said her group will have to reassess how and whether it can continue to conduct registration drives. “We’re going to have to do some fancy footwork in order to actually get them registered,” Rothe said, adding, “I think the series of changes we’ve seen over the last four or five years have just made it more difficult to vote.”Walker and the GOP haven’t stopped at voting. Wisconsin’s nonpartisan elections board, known as the Government Accountability Board (GAB), has won widespread praise for its independence and professionalism. But it angered the governor by opening an investigation into allegations that he had run afoul of campaign finance laws in raising money for his 2. The state’s Supreme Court ultimately put a stop to the prosecutor’s probe.)So in December, not long after Walker called it quits on his failed presidential run, the state abolished the GAB.

It will be replaced in June with two new agencies run by political appointees. The new system is likely to give Walker and the GOP a far freer hand on voting and campaign finance issues. Kennedy, the GAB’s director, said the new boards will be far less effective at running elections and enforcing the law.“There was no cry from the media to make these changes,” Kennedy said. There was no public clamoring.

Game time, TV channel, watch online (1. The Philadelphia Eagles will be on the West Coast on Sunday to face an opponent they don’t play against very often, the Los Angeles Chargers. The Eagles are trying to keep pace atop an extremely competitive NFC East. They are tied for first at 2- 1 with the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys.

However, the Cowboys are hosting the 2- 1 Los Angeles Rams, and Washington is on the road against the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs. While the Chargers are winless in 2. Outside of their 2.

Week 3 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, their other two games were decided by 3 points or less. They will be desperate on Sunday to avoid an 0- 4 start to the season. Philadelphia Eagles vs. Los Angeles Chargers game time, details. Time: 4: 0. 5 p. m. ETDate: Sunday, Oct. Location: Stubhub Center in Carson, Calif.

Line: Chargers - 1. What channel is the Philadelphia Eagles vs. Los Angeles Chargers on.

The game will be aired regionally on FOX. How can I watch the game online. Subscribers to Direc. TV and gamepass. nfl.

How can I listen to the game on the radio. The game can be heard nationally on Siriux. XM Radio. In the Philadelphia area, the game can be heard on Sports. Radio 9. 4WIP, with Merrill Reese and Mike Quick on the call. In Southern California, the game can be heard on KFI- AM 6. Matt Smith and Nick Hardwick on the call, and Shannon Farren reporting from the sidelines. Who is calling the Philadelphia Eagles vs.

Los Angeles Chargers on Fox. Dick Stockton and Mark Schlereth will be on the call, with Shannon Spake reporting from the sidelines. What you need to know. Series History: The Eagles and Chargers have only played against each other 1. Chargers holding a 7- 4 lead.

The last time they played was in September 2. Chargers edging out a 3.

Quarterback Philip Rivers was spectacular in that game, going 3. The Eagles have not defeated the Chargers since a 2. Watch June Online Ibtimes. Eagles running backs: They came into the season with a strong three- man running back rotation with Darren Sproles, Le. Garrette Blount and Wendell Smallwood. Sproles is done for the year with a torn left ACL and broken left forearm he sustained on the same play in Week 3.

That leaves Blount and Smallwood to carry the load. Fantasy football experts believe that Smallwood will get the most work going forward, but the Eagles leading rusher is Blount. He has rushed for 1.

Can the Chargers pull out a close win? Dating to the 2. Chargers have lost eight consecutive games. The 1. 4- point loss to the Chiefs is their worst loss during that span, and five of games were decided by 7 points or less. That means a small number of plays are the difference between the Chargers being a contender and the team that is on its way to a third- consecutive season at the bottom of the AFC West.