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TexasTowelie

(111,292 posts)
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 06:09 PM Feb 2017

Contentious voter ID bill introduced in Iowa House

A contentious voter identification plan that is supported by Republicans and opposed by Democrats was introduced Wednesday in the Iowa House.

House Study Bill 93, labeled the "Election Integrity Act," has been proposed by Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, a Republican.

Pate said his plan will modernize Iowa’s elections technology by establishing electronic poll books in every Iowa precinct. In addition, the bill calls for establishing a voter ID system with signature verification, absentee ballot verification and post-election audits.

Every registered voter who does not already own a driver’s license, non-driver’s ID, military ID, veterans ID, or passport, will receive a Voter ID card in the mail, automatically, Pate said. This will apply to newly registered voters as well.

Read more: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/08/contentious-voter-id-bill-introduced-iowa-house/97665444/

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Contentious voter ID bill introduced in Iowa House (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2017 OP
wonder what the hell an electronic poll book is? rurallib Feb 2017 #1

rurallib

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1. wonder what the hell an electronic poll book is?
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 06:28 PM
Feb 2017

been doing GOTV for a long time and never heard of such a thing.

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