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Supreme Court OKs Photo ID Requirement for Voters

Posted Apr 28, 08 10:12 AM CDT in Politics,  US    Most Covered

(Newser) – The Supreme Court today upheld photo ID requirements for Indiana voters, the Justices’ most significant election-law ruling since Bush v. Gore—and one critics say could keep minorities and poor voters from voting in November. The 6-3 decision validated the country’s most arduous voting rules, though 20 states have ID laws; Reuters notes that the groups most disadvantaged tend to skew Democratic.

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