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  State employee fired after telling co-workers about photo ID policy
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Last EditedHomegrown Democrat  Sep 10, 2011 02:10am
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AuthorPatrick Marley
MediaNewspaper - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
News DateThursday, September 8, 2011 08:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionMadison -- A low-level state employee was fired Thursday after he sent an email to his fellow employees telling them about the state Department of Transportation’s policy on giving out free photo identification cards for voting.

Chris Larsen, who had worked in the mail room at the state Department of Safety and Professional Services, sent an email Thursday morning to all employees at the agency’s headquarters explaining that the DOT would provide photo IDs to people only if they specifically asked to have the fee waived.

A couple of hours later, Larsen was fired.

"It’s insane," he said.

John Murray, the executive assistant at the Department of Safety and Professional Services, confirmed Larsen had been fired Thursday and said the firing is under review. He said Larsen had a series of documented work rule violations, including past instances of inappropriately using work email.

Larsen, however, said he had not previously been disciplined.
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