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Committee advances voter-ID bill adding photo requirement; citizenship marker removed after debate
Summary
Lawmakers advanced House Bill 3016, adding a photo requirement to acceptable voter ID and directing the Secretary of State to issue photo registration cards free of charge; a proposed driver-license citizenship marker (NV) was removed after debate and sponsor comment.
The committee reported House Bill 3016 to the full Senate with the recommendation that it pass after adopting a striking-and-insert amendment. Counsel described the proposal as amending West Virginia law to require that an identifying document presented to vote must contain a photograph of the voter.
Counsel summarized acceptable photo IDs listed in the amendment—driver’s licenses, passports, student IDs, DMV-issued identification cards, military IDs and certain employee IDs—and said the bill requires the Secretary of State to provide a registration card with a photo at no charge. The amendment also contains a provision to assist elderly voters by allowing use of an…
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