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Originally Posted by Danzig
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43156562...nge-landscape/
Voter ID debate could change 2012 landscape
Wisconsin governor to sign photo ID law Wednesday, with bills being debated in Ohio, North Carolina, and other battleground states
some excerpts:
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 11 states, including Wisconsin, request or require photo ID for voters.
But compared to the 2004 election, voter turnout went way up, not down, in 2008 in both Georgia and Indiana after those states’ voter ID laws took effect.
Supreme Court upholds photo ID law
The idea of requiring voters to show photo identification got its biggest lift when the Supreme Court upheld the Indiana photo ID law in 2008.
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Believe me, I'm sure the next elections in Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio will have huge turnouts
Wisconsin is far more restrictive than Indiana, with additional requirements, date changes, etc., so we'll see regarding the constitutionality. I believe the law guys when many say they doubt it will fly in the current incarnation.