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Sunday, March 20, 2005 at 01:36PM
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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]