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/Indiana Bill may require voters to show ID
Indiana would have one of the strictest voter identification laws in the country if a controversial bill under debate in the General Assembly becomes law. Senate Bill 483 would require voters to show a government-issued ID -- including a driver's license, passport, state identification card or military card -- before they could cast a ballot in a general or primary election. Voters without ID could vote on a provisional ballot, which would count only if they went to their county election board within a week and presented a photo ID or signed an affidavit saying they were too poor to obtain an ID or had a religious objection to posing for a photo. Only five states currently request that voters show a photo ID, and all of them allow for voting without it. But like Indiana, a number of states are debating stricter rules. In Indiana -- as in many states -- the issue divides lawmakers along partisan lines. Hoosier Republicans say the photo ID legislation would renew public trust in the election system and reduce fraud. But Democrats say it will discourage voting and disenfranchise poor or elderly people who sometimes don't have IDs. In fact, Democratic members of the House are so opposed to the measure that they cited it as one of a couple of reasons they boycotted the session earlier this month, refusing to give Republicans the two-thirds quorum necessary to conduct business. The voter ID legislation -- along with 130 bills -- died in the process. Now, the House is considering the Senate version of the bill. [more]
Indiana would have one of the strictest voter identification laws in the country if a controversial bill under debate in the General Assembly becomes law. Senate Bill 483 would require voters to show a government-issued ID -- including a driver's license, passport, state identification card or military card -- before they could cast a ballot in a general or primary election. Voters without ID could vote on a provisional ballot, which would count only if they went to their county election board within a week and presented a photo ID or signed an affidavit saying they were too poor to obtain an ID or had a religious objection to posing for a photo. Only five states currently request that voters show a photo ID, and all of them allow for voting without it. But like Indiana, a number of states are debating stricter rules. In Indiana -- as in many states -- the issue divides lawmakers along partisan lines. Hoosier Republicans say the photo ID legislation would renew public trust in the election system and reduce fraud. But Democrats say it will discourage voting and disenfranchise poor or elderly people who sometimes don't have IDs. In fact, Democratic members of the House are so opposed to the measure that they cited it as one of a couple of reasons they boycotted the session earlier this month, refusing to give Republicans the two-thirds quorum necessary to conduct business. The voter ID legislation -- along with 130 bills -- died in the process. Now, the House is considering the Senate version of the bill. [more]
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