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Thursday, September 08, 2011

State Voter ID Laws Draw National Scrutiny

The Department of Justice is reviewing, and has the power to reject a controversial new law passed in South Carolina that requires a registered voter to present a government -issued photo ID before his or her vote is counted.

Gov. Nikki Haley signed the bill into law in May and she’s not alone. Four other states have passed similar voter ID laws in 2011, including Wisconsin, Texas, Tennessee and Kansas. But thanks to the DOJ, South Carolina’s law could still be rejected by federal officials.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not sure what the controversy is here. If the state wants to mandate photo id before voting the state should have the wherewithal to find the relatively small proportion of voters who don't already have photo id and help them get one.

Anonymous said...

You have to have an ID to buy OTC sinus pills, cash a check, enter a federal building or an airplane--what is the agenda of the "That's racist!" harpies who act like old poor people don't already have an ID to apply for SNAP cards and their Assurance "free" cell phones etc?

Anonymous said...

What could possibly be wrong with making sure that people at the polls are supposed to be there. Anyone who disagrees with this law is an advocate of voter fraud.

Tom said...

The Democrats want to be able to go and vote for the “Tar Baby” again and again, so he gets another 4 years to finish destroying America!

Anonymous said...

It's only the crooked Democrats who are complaining.