Posted on 02/05/2016 1:54:20 PM PST by george76
This year's presidential primary is the first in which New Hampshire's voters will be required to show identification before they can cast their ballots
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When New Hampshire voters go to the polls Tuesday for the first presidential primary of the 2016 race, they will have to do something new.
This year's presidential primary is the first in which the state's voters will be required to show identification before they can cast their ballots.
Before the state's new voter ID law went into effect in 2013, voters could just give their name and address, get checked off the roll, and vote. Now voters will be asked to show photo identification, such as a driver's license or military ID, before they can obtain a ballot.
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New Hampshire passed its voter ID law in 2012. The law was part of a wave of voter ID laws passed around the country and pushed by Republican lawmakers.
Proponents of voter ID laws say the requirements crack down on voter fraud. Opponents say voter fraud isn't a problem and the laws disenfranchise minorities, new voters and low-income voters.
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How does NH get away with this? The courts ruled Texas couldn’t require voter ID.
Not to mention the minority Democrat voters. All 100 of them.
Yep, there are racists everywhere these days. /s
Isn’t this a pile.
Thanks Grampa Dave. Good ones...
Voter ID law? That’s really going to hurt the charter bus business in New York and Massachusetts.
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