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carpro
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 Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:12 pm Post subject: Supreme Court upholds photo ID law for voters in Indiana |
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http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/apr/28/supreme-court-upholds-photo-id-law-for-voters-in-i/
Supreme Court upholds photo ID law for voters in Indiana
The Associated Press
Mon, Apr 28, 2008 (7:17 a.m.)
The Supreme Court has ruled that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights. The decision validates Republican-inspired voter ID laws.
The court vote 6-3 to uphold Indiana's strict photo ID requirement. Democrats and civil rights groups say the law would deter poor, older and minority voters from casting ballots.
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dusty
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One small step for stopping voter fraud, one giant leap forward in common sense shown by our high court.
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GoophyDog
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I believe one of the reasons this passed so well is that Indiana offers ID cards for free. If there had been a fee involved, it could very well have gone the other way as a "poll tax" issue.
I would be interested in reading the dissenting opinions.
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jalexson
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| GoophyDog wrote: | I believe one of the reasons this passed so well is that Indiana offers ID cards for free. If there had been a fee involved, it could very well have gone the other way as a "poll tax" issue.
I would be interested in reading the dissenting opinions. |
Good point. I haven't read the opinion, but that could be a factor. States should provide free ID's for voters who don't have DL's or other photo ID's.
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