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  • June 7, 2011
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False Claim From Voter Photo ID Author - Law Has Been Vetoed Elsewhere

Senator Scott Newman is an author of a bill to amend Minnesota's constitution to require voters to have a state issued photo ID. At a news conference about the bill today he said: "There are a number of states that have voter ID laws already in place. To the best of my knowledge this is the first time a Governor has vetoed a voter ID bill. To Mr. Kessler's question about why do we need this, to be real honest I'm not buying into this notion that there isn't any voter fraud out there. I'm buying into the notion that we don't know and this is certainly gonna be something that will help us find out whether or not it occurs or at least be a deterrent. " This is not true. While governor of Kansas, Kathleen Sebelius vetoed a Voter ID bill on May 19, 2008. Think Progress reported at the time: Today, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) vetoed a bill that would require voters starting in 2010 to show identification at the polls. In her veto message, she said, "[N]o elected official should support enacting new laws discouraging or disenfranchising any American who has been legally voting for years." Sebelius added that the bill "seeks to solve a problem of voter fraud which does not exist in our state."

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