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Last Updated on Friday, 10 June 2011 01:49 Written by rslcpol Friday, 10 June 2011 01:12
From CharlotteObserver.com:
North Carolina would join 13 other states requiring voters to show a photo ID under a bill passed Thursday by the Republican-led N.C. House.
The measure passed 66-48 along party lines, despite Democratic protests that it would decrease turnout. Some critics invoked comparisons to Jim Crow-era voting barriers.
The bill now goes to the Senate, which is expected to endorse it. It would then go to Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue.
The measure would require voters to show a driver’s license or other photo identification or get a new voter ID from their board of elections.