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Voter-ID bill needs 2/3 tally, lawmaker says

By Sean Beherec , Michael Wickline, Sarah D. Wire

A bill requiring Arkansans to provide photo identification to vote should be sent back to the Senate because it failed to get the two-thirds vote in the Senate required by the Arkansas Constitution, a Democratic state lawmaker said Monday. But the bill’s Republican sponsor said he disagreed because legislative attorneys told him that the bill required only a majority vote to clear the Senate.

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  • Headline: Voter-ID bill needs 2/3 tally, lawmaker says
  • Publication: Front Section, Pages 1 on 03/12/2013
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