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Last Updated on Friday, 3 April 2009 12:05 Written by rslcpol Friday, 3 April 2009 09:55
Nothing stirs up a nest of full of Democrats like voter I.D. Doesn’t matter where it is. The Democrat rationale for opposing voter I.D. laws sometimes dips to an argument that wraps up with essentially: well if no elections are being lost, what’s the harm? From Times-News:
Republicans want to require Idaho residents to present photo identification before registering to vote and casting ballots.
The bill’s sponsors, House Speaker Lawerence Denney, R-Midvale, and Senate President Bob Geddes, R-Soda Springs, say it’s an effort to curb fraud, after the U.S. Supreme Court last year ruled a similar Indiana law wasn’t an unconstitutional hurdle to voting.
The measure cleared the House Ways and Means Committee 4-3 Thursday, with all three Democrats on the panel opposing it.
Among other things, it would do away with provisions of Idaho’s law that now allow voters to register by mail.
Republicans said the bill, modeled partly after statutes in Indiana and Georgia, would help ensure voters “are who they say they are,” even though proponents couldn’t cite specific examples of alleged voter fraud in this state, where the GOP holds all statewide elected positions and controls three quarters of the Legislature.