Virginia Voter ID Bill Signed Into Law By Bob McDonnell

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Virginia Voter ID Bill Signed Into Law By Bob McDonnell

By BOB LEWIS 03/26/13 09:17 AM ET EDT AP

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia law will require all voters to have photo IDs beginning next year.

Gov. Bob McDonnell signed a bill Tuesday that his fellow Republicans said was a safeguard against voter fraud. Democrats bitterly denounced the legislation as a Jim Crow-era tactic to suppress the votes of the elderly, minorities and the underprivileged.

The legislation provides for a free valid ID with the bearer's photo to any registered voter who lacks one.

Along with signing the legislation, McDonnell issued an executive order directing the State Board of Elections to start a public education program to tell voters about the new requirement before the 2014 congressional and U.S. Senate elections.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/26/virginia-voter-id_n_2955167.html

[LiberalLoner]

1. I hate this state I live in, sometimes.

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

2. McDonnell should be..

transvaginally (or other hole) probed... They may find his brain.

[Heather MC]

3. That's not a punishment, he would love that.

Let's just do what he fears most. Kick his ass outta office forever

[Jamaal510]

4. Where are these RWers and Libertarians who rail on about "freedom" now?

I guess taking away people's rights is OK if it's done on a state-level.

[Blue_Tires]

6. +1

[StrayKat]

5. Blah. Business as usual.

I've already been told a VA voting places that my voter registration card wasn't a valid form of ID and that I needed a driver's license.

[BlueDemKev]

7. We need to make certain that all voters in Democratic strongholds...

...obtain Photo ID's if they don't already have one.

[davidpdx]

8. McDonnell, screwing Virginia everyday of the year