Dems win N.M. voter-ID dispute
/Legions of new voters who registered in voter
drives this super-heated election season will not have to show IDs when
they cast their ballots, the state Supreme Court ruled. Siding with
Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron, the court in a 4-1 decision
said only new voters who registered by mail will have to produce
identification. Voting for the Nov. 2 election begins next Tuesday,
when New Mexicans can cast absentee ballots by mail or in county
clerks' offices. The court without comment rejected the arguments of
Republicans who backed a far broader interpretation of a 2003 state
voter-ID law. The brief order, issued Tuesday, said only that the
Supreme Court concluded "that the Legislature intended to require
identification only for first-time registrants who register by mail." [more 
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