Firestorm over voter ID cards - Rhode Island

“Legislation that would eventually require all voters to show a government-issued, photo identification card that would require proof of citizenship to obtain has passed the House of Representatives and is awaiting a vote in the Senate.
Common Cause of Rhode Island, the Center for Hispanic Policy and Advocacy and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund joined forces Wednesday to encourage Rhode Island Sens. Jack Reed and Lincoln Chafee to oppose the bill, even if it is attached to a more popular measure such as one to provide funding for troops in Iraq, and filibuster it if necessary. “

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