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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsInstead of passing emergency vote by mail, Kentucky GOP rushes thru Voter ID while DMVs are closed!
Mitch McConnell's GOP....
https://amp.courier-journal.com/amp/2881374001
An amended bill requiring voters to present photo identification to vote is heading to the governor's desk for his signature or veto.
Kentucky voters are currently required to present identification to vote unless they are recognized by a poll worker, but Senate Bill 2, passed by both chambers of the legislature, would require government-issued identification with the voter's photograph.
The bill's Republican backers say the measure is needed to prevent in-person voter fraud and ensure public confidence in elections, though Democratic opponents countered it would create an unnecessary barrier to voting, noting there have been zero confirmed incidents of voter impersonation in Kentucky.
Both chambers passed different versions of the bill earlier in the session by a nearly party-line vote, with a conference committee creating a new version of the bill Thursday before the House and Senate passed it that evening.
A copy of the amended bill passed by both chambers had not been publicly posted by Thursday evening.
If Gov. Andy Beshear signs the bill into law, voters would be required to have a photo ID by this November's general election.
Kentucky voters are currently required to present identification to vote unless they are recognized by a poll worker, but Senate Bill 2, passed by both chambers of the legislature, would require government-issued identification with the voter's photograph.
The bill's Republican backers say the measure is needed to prevent in-person voter fraud and ensure public confidence in elections, though Democratic opponents countered it would create an unnecessary barrier to voting, noting there have been zero confirmed incidents of voter impersonation in Kentucky.
Both chambers passed different versions of the bill earlier in the session by a nearly party-line vote, with a conference committee creating a new version of the bill Thursday before the House and Senate passed it that evening.
A copy of the amended bill passed by both chambers had not been publicly posted by Thursday evening.
If Gov. Andy Beshear signs the bill into law, voters would be required to have a photo ID by this November's general election.
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Instead of passing emergency vote by mail, Kentucky GOP rushes thru Voter ID while DMVs are closed! (Original Post)
CousinIT
Mar 2020
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Beshear is a Democrat. Why would he sign it? It doesn't sound like they have veto-proof margins?
hlthe2b
Mar 2020
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hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)1. Beshear is a Democrat. Why would he sign it? It doesn't sound like they have veto-proof margins?
onenote
(42,383 posts)3. Vetoes in KY can be overridden by a simple majority vote.
it doesn't make any sense, But, hey, Kentucky.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,485 posts)2. This is how Mitch McConnell WINS......KEEP PEOPLE FROM VOTING....
In any way possible.....
Problem solved.....
hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)4. I think they will be able to get a Federal Court Injunction.
OnDoutside
(19,908 posts)5. Not withstanding the cost, why aren't there ID application drives, at the same time as registration
drives ? I see this tactic from the Repugs time and again, so why not take them on to negate this tactic ?
Gothmog
(144,005 posts)6. The GOP is the party of voter suppression
The GOP cannot win without cheating. There is no in person voter impersonation in the real world which is the only type of fraud prevented by voter ID laws