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To: steve harris who wrote (706217)	3/27/2013 8:29:04 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573088

The Left are totally unreasonable on this issue; of course, they see it as the Right trying to manipulate the vote -- but any thinking person ought to be able to see that every person ought to be able to produce some kind of ID in order to have their vote counted. Their position on this is just totally untenable.

To: steve harris who wrote (706217)	3/28/2013 12:11:26 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573088

Photo ID is free in Arkansas, my parents have them to do their banking business, same one will be used for voting. LOL. Apparently not everyone gets free photo ID in Arkansas. That's why your guv vetoed the bill. Why don't you know this? Arkansas: Governor Vetoes Photo ID for Voting By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: March 25, 2013 Gov. Mike Beebe vetoed legislation Monday that would have required voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot, saying the measure would infringe on the people’s right to vote, increase the state bureaucracy and cost too much in a tight budget year. State law currently requires poll workers to ask for identification, but voters can still cast a ballot if they do not have one. A new Republican majority in the Legislature said that restricting access to the polls would reduce voter fraud. The bill’s opponents said the measure would unfairly disenfranchise poor, elderly and minority voters. Legislators could override Mr. Beebe’s veto with a simple majority vote. Under the proposal, Arkansas would have provided free photo identification to voters, costing the state an estimated $300,000. Mr. Beebe, who is a Democrat, called the Voter ID bill “an expensive solution in search of a problem.” He said that while the attorney general’s office could not say for sure how the bill would fare if challenged in court, he feared new restrictions on voters could perhaps be unconstitutional. link