Student IDs OK for voting under Tenn. bill

By   /  March 15, 2013  /  Around the Web  /  No Comments

By John Klein Wilson | TNReport
A bill clarifying what types of photo identification Tennesseans can use at polling places passed the state Senate Thursday, but some lawmakers were unhappy with certain forms of ID that were added to the list.
The sponsor of Senate Senate Bill 125, Bill Ketron, reworked some language in the existing voter ID [...]

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Will voter ID bankrupt Arkansas?

By   /  March 7, 2013  /  Around the Web  /  No Comments

By Nic Horton | The Arkansas Project
The House State Agencies Committee passed Sen. Bryan King’s voter ID bill (SB2) out of committee Wednesday morning.
It will now go to the full House for consideration and will then likely head to the governor.
The bill would require Arkansas voters to present identification before voting.
Given that overwhelming majorities of Republicans, Democrats, men, [...]

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Virginia Week in Review: Transportation squabbles, tax goodies and a voter ID bill spurred by Watchdog.org

By   /  February 15, 2013  /  News, Virginia  /  No Comments

State Sen. Frank Wagner, R-Virginia Beach, left, gets a congratulatory pat on the back from Sen. Richard Stuart, R-Stafford, left, during the Senate session at the Capitol Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 inRichmond, Va. The Senate passed Wagner's amendment to the transportation funding bill. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

By Kathryn Watson | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
ALEXANDRIA—With a mere week before the Virginia General Assembly closes the books on its 2013 legislative session, lawmakers are making a mad dash to propel their bills to the finish line.
As the Commonwealth’s 140 legislators ram through everything from transportation measures to photo ID requirements for voters, Virginians barely [...]

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MO House committee passes voter ID bill

By   /  February 5, 2013  /  Missouri WatchBlog, WatchBlog  /  5 Comments

NO SCAN: Both the Missouri House and Senate passed a bill this week forcing the revenue department to stop scanning residents' personal documents.

By Eli Yokley | Missouri News Horizon
Standing on the side gallery of the Missouri House of Representatives, the House Elections Committee gave approval to legislation that would require voters to present photo identification at their polling location.
The committee hearing was standing room only, as Rep. Sue Entlicher, R-Bolivar, elected to hold the committee right off [...]

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Bolling flips on voting bills and pushes through photo-ID law

By   /  February 5, 2013  /  Virginia Watchblog, WatchBlog  /  No Comments

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RICHMOND – Two GOP candidates for lieutenant governor assailed Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling’s tie-breaking vote on Monday that stalled a Republican-backed voter-ID proposal.
But on Tuesday, Bolling reversed course and cast the deciding vote to approve a photo-ID bill sponsored by Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg.
“Well, blow me down!!!” a surprised, and pleased, Obenshain tweeted Tuesday afternoon.
Republicans [...]

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