KS Voter ID bill advances to final Senate vote

[proud2BlibKansan]

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The Senate version of the bill would require voters to provide an ID when they cast ballots starting Jan. 1, 2012.

The bill also would require would-be voters to prove their citizenship when they register. The citizenship requirment would start Jan. 1, 2013.

Only two other states — Georgia and Arizona — have proof-of-citizenship requirments and neither is in effect currently. Georgia is fighting to get U.S. Justice Department approval for it’s law and Arizona’s was invalidated by a federal appeals court, according to state legislative research.

The Kansas bill would require voters to show IDs at the polls. The ID could include a driver’s license, a state ID card or a passport.

Exemptions would include people with permanent physical disabilities or active-duty military personnel and their spouses.



Read more: http://midwestdemocracyproject.org/blogs/entries/voter-id-bill-advances-final-senate-vote/

Why would active duty military personnel and their spoused be exempt? :wtf:

[Wilms]

1. If they'd exempt the elderly and the poor as well, it might not be as damaging.

They're the ones that will be more likely to be disenfranchised.

Oh. They'd be more likely to vote for Democrats, too. Coincidence?

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Exactly