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Raleigh, N.C. — As of yet, no lawmaker has filed a bill to require voters show identification when they go to the polls, but that may be about to change.
House Speaker Thom Tillis told those attending a conservative political action conference in Raleigh Friday that such a bill may be coming soon.
Jordan Shaw, a spokesman for Tillis, confirmed that a voter ID "process" would begin next week, although Tillis did not mean to indicate a specific piece of legislation would be moving.
Republican lawmakers sent a bill that would have required most voters to show an ID to Gov. Bev Perdue, a Democrat, during the 2011-12 legislative session. Perdue vetoed the bill, and lawmakers could not muster the votes for an override.
Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican who took office in January, has repeatedly said he favors some kind of ID requirement. And Republicans, who control both the House and Senate, have said that a voter ID law would be a top policy priority this year.
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If you have no evidence I'm lying, why not presume me innocent? Not being who I say I am would be a felony.
March 5, 2013 1:08 p.m.
March 4, 2013 6:26 p.m.
March 4, 2013 5:31 p.m.
Just glad they didn't unfairly railroad it in as many wanted before this past election. If you do it, do it correctly and fairly.
March 4, 2013 3:35 p.m.
March 4, 2013 3:33 p.m.
Not an excuse. Voting is a constitutional right and you can't put up any kind of block that would take away that right. Requiring an ID does just that. Driving a car is a "special privilege" not a right, so yes an ID would be required for that. ID for voting is unconstitutional, period.
March 4, 2013 3:21 p.m.
Collage students?
No, everyone who has to prove who they are to get paid, drive, go to school, get federal benefits, hold a bank account, fly, go to the doctor, well - the list is long - have to have valid ID's.
Those that don't have them can find $5 to get one or perhaps the government will pick up that "BURDENSOME" expense.
Time to move up and start proving who is legal to vote, since we now have given illegal's privileges that were once for legal residents only.
March 4, 2013 2:37 p.m.
People can't attend college without ID, and no one's singling out "groups" except the libs who insult such "groups" by saying they're just too incapable of dealing with everyday life to get an ID of any kind, any time, even if offered for free. I haven't heard from a single individual who can't possibly get an ID, only from "community agitators" who talk about "groups".
March 4, 2013 1:32 p.m.
March 4, 2013 1:24 p.m.
March 4, 2013 1:11 p.m.