Final effort to kill voter ID bill (Ne)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20120221/NEWS01/702229985#final-effort-to-kill-voter-id-bill

LINCOLN — More than 50 opponents of a bill that would require voters to show identification at the polls crowded a podium Tuesday in the Capitol Rotunda in a final effort to urge senators to oppose the bill, but its supporters aren't backing down.

Representatives for the League of Women Voters of Nebraska, the Nebraska Association of County Officials, the Douglas County Board, the NAACP and AARP Nebraska said voter ID fraud is not a problem in Nebraska.

They reiterated a phrase they've used since they began fighting the bill: “This is a solution looking for a problem.”

They also said that the legislation would make it harder for youths, the elderly, minorities and people with disabilities to vote and that Legislative Bill 239 would be costly for counties to implement.


FULL story at link.

[Bruce Wayne]

1. Do you know how I would kill a voter ID bill?

karate chop to the adam's apple.

[jwirr]

2. Knowing NE I am assuming this is going to pass. Are there ways we can go around this? Once a

long time ago we helped a minority group in the south register to vote and win their rights. What are we going to do with this new threat?

I ask you because I think this is one area that Unions can be a big help.

[shcrane71]

3. Isn't it time to get rid of the Unicameral?