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Committee tightens voter ID by requiring photo on accepted documents, adopts impediment process
Summary
The committee approved House Bill 206 to require photographs on accepted voter-identification documents and expedited repeal of Medicare/Medicaid cards; members also adopted a hardship/impediment procedure to accommodate voters who lack photo ID.
The Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee approved House Bill 206, which removes Medicare and Medicaid cards from the list of acceptable identification to vote in person and explicitly requires that other accepted identification include a photograph.
Representative Weber, the sponsor, said the bill is a ‘‘common-sense’’ step to align voting identification with other everyday uses of photo ID, and he urged an ‘‘I’’ vote. Secretary of State…
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