Lawmakers to take up voter-ID bill
By The Associated Press
This article was published March 11, 2013 at 7:10 a.m.
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Arkansas lawmakers are taking up a proposal to require voters to show photo identification and are preparing for a deadline to file bills as they begin the ninth week of this year’s legislative session.
The House on Monday is expected to take up the voter ID legislation, which has already passed the Senate. The measure would require voters to show photo identification before they cast a ballot.
Poll workers are currently required to ask for identification, but voters are not required to show it.
State officials said last week it would cost the state about $300,000 to provide identification cards it would be required to distribute to some voters under the proposal.
Monday is also the deadline for lawmakers to file legislation.
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BillSmith says... March 11, 2013 at 8:35 a.m.
Jobs, jobs,jobs,jobs, oh, how quick they forget.
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rainbowharold55 says... March 11, 2013 at 8:47 a.m.
Needs a supermajority in the Senate.
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BillSmith says... March 11, 2013 at 9:11 a.m.
The only thing that has been accomplished thus far, is that Jason Rapert has gotten national attention for himself and Arkansas with his neoanderthal abortion bills that will be struck down.
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GrimReaper says... March 11, 2013 at 11:09 a.m.
The ID check needs to be accompanied by an intelligence check. That would keep most
of the regular commenters in AO from voting.
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BillSmith says... March 11, 2013 at 11:35 a.m.
If they did the IQ check that would be the end of the tea party.
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Coralie says... March 11, 2013 at 1:06 p.m.
More solutions to non-problems.
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djigoo says... March 11, 2013 at 1:46 p.m.
Another embarrassing chapter in Arkansas politics. Teabaggers and Talibangelicals are ruining a great state.
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morebeer says... March 11, 2013 at 3:14 p.m.
Bill, I like that, neoanderthal, like neoconservative, like W, Feith, Cheney and the Iraq War.
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