Supreme Court upholds voter ID law (4/28/08) "The Supreme Court ruled that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights, validating Republican-inspired voter ID laws.
In a splintered 6-3 ruling, the court upheld Indianas strict photo ID requirement, which Democrats and civil rights groups said would deter poor, older and minority voters from casting ballots. Its backers said it was needed to prevent fraud.
It was the most important voting rights case since the Bush v. Gore dispute that sealed the 2000 election for George W. Bush. But the voter ID ruling lacked the conservative-liberal split that marked the 2000 case.
The law is amply justified by the valid interest in protecting the integrity and reliability of the electoral process, Justice John Paul Stevens said in an opinion that was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy. Stevens was a dissenter in Bush v. Gore in 2000.
Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas also agreed with the outcome, but wrote separately.
Justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter dissented, just as they did in 2000."..................
Michigan has required voter ID drivers license for the last 2 years and isn’t on the map....
Thanks for the postings, CW!
As long as i have been registered to vote in Florida (1978), I have never been able to vote without a picture ID. Could the authors have assumed that none were in effect before the current wave of legislation?
Upon further investigation there are two classifications of Photo ID. One as strict and the other as not. I do know in my county, the voter registration laws are tied to the info on your Drivers License. I suppose that if you do not have or need a license, that some other accredited Photo ID will work but your ballot will be considered provisional and not counted until your ID is verified by the Supervisor of Elections office and that not more than one ballot for said person is submitted.
http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/elections/voter-id.aspx
that map is worng as we’ve had to show photo ID drivers license for eyars ere in FL.
Utah requires photo ID to vote: driver’s license, state-issued ID card or military ID.