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Supreme Court: States can require voters to produce photo id

Posted at 9:07 AM on April 28, 2008 by Tom Scheck

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has ruled that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights. The decision validates Republican-inspired voter ID laws.
The court vote 6-3 to uphold Indiana's strict photo ID requirement. Democrats and civil rights groups say the law would deter poor, older and minority voters from casting ballots.


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