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Photo ID for voters
1:36 am
Thu February 14, 2013

Mo. House Gives 1st-Round Approval To Photo Voter I.D. Legislation

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The Missouri House has given first-round approval to a pair of bills that would institute photo ID requirements for voters.

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Photo ID for voters
5:51 pm
Tue February 5, 2013

Mo. Legislative Black Caucus Opposes Photo Voter I.D. Legislation

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iPad photo of State Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D, St. Louis) addressing reporters on the Mo. Leg. Black Caucus' opposition to this year's crop of photo voter I.D. bills.
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The Missouri Legislative Black Caucus is speaking out against legislation in both the House and Senate that would require voters to show photo ID’s at the polls.

In each chamber there are proposed constitutional amendments that would allow for photo ID requirements, along with accompanying bills that would enact the proposed requirements -- HB 48 and HJR 1 in the Missouri House, and SB 27 and SJR 6 in the Missouri Senate.  State Senator Jamilah Nasheed (D, St. Louis) chairs the caucus.  She and other caucus members say Republicans are trying to suppress the voting rights of minorities, the disabled, the poor and elderly.

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