Bill 159 News Today

Laws allow many other kinds of identification like maybe a paycheck or bank statement or utility bill but house minorities, the disabled, seniors, and students. house bill 159 would not even allow students to use their student i.d.s. so lets just call this what it is. its voter suppression. its going to disenfranchise a lot of people. a lot of people will see this as a disincentive to go out and be part of the process. republicans say the photo i.d. laws are necessary because of voter fraud. but...

And a statewide survey of ohio found only four cases of ineligible voters from the election cycle of 2002 and 2004. think about that. four out of 9 million votes. the consequences of this kind of law i think are very real. house bill 159 is expected to affect 900,000 folks in ohio. in the 2004 presidential election, president bush beat senator john kerry in the decisive state of ohio by 118,000 votes. you be the judge. in 22 states across the country republicans are moving to pass laws like this...