Voter ID Bill Expected To Pass NH Senate
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A new bill to require voters to show photo identification at the polls to vote in New Hampshire is coming up for a vote in the Senate.
Unlike one that died last year, this one appears to have the support needed to send it to the House.
Gov. John Lynch vetoed a bill last year that required voters without photo identification to cast a provisional ballot. The bill gave them 2-1/2 days to produce a valid photo ID.
The latest bill does not contain that provision and expands acceptable identifications, allows local election officials to verify a person's identity without an ID and lets people sign an affidavit to vote.
Senate Republican Leader Jeb Bradley predicts the Senate will pass the bill when it is voted on Wednesday;
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