Jeff 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.
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State and local politics
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 and resigned in October 2013.
In 2010, Stone announced his candidacy for the office of Milwaukee County Executive, challenging Jim Sullivan, Lee Holloway, Chris Abele, and
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On October 14, 2013, Stone resigned from the Wisconsin State Assembly; he will be working for the Wisconsin Public Service Commission as the division administrator for Water Compliance and Consumer Affairs.
Business career
Stone and his wife Lynn are co-owners of the Greendale-based company the Printing Factory.
As of February 2011, there were no records with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions indicating the existence or corporate standing of the company.
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
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In 2011, Stone and Leibham introduced a similar Voter ID bill providing more oversight and restrictions than past legislative proposals. 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. 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 argue that it would protect against the type of voter fraud allegedly observed in Milwaukee during the 2004 presidential election.Wall Street Journal, " /ref>